HOPPER DREDGER NO 1
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1883
Object NameDREDGER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensions136 Tons
Length 98' x breadth 22' x depth 8'
Length 98' x breadth 22' x depth 8'
Object numberABDSHIP001206
Keywords
Yard Number: 319
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steam dredger
Owner:
1883: Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners
Notes: not listed in Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
Cost: £3,539 (hull only), £6,500 total. (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Vessel and machinery designed and patented by Mr. Wm. Smith, Aberdeen Harbour engineer.
Steam engine by Balkie Brothers, Aberdeen, screw, compound, surface condensing, 30 H.P. Driving screw and pump supplying hydraulic services at 800lbs. per inch squared.
1870
1870
4 February 1920
