TARTAR
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1904
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 85 3/12' x breadth 17 1/12' x depth 11'
Gross Tonnage: 103 ton
Gross Tonnage: 103 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001294
Keywords
Yard Number: 408.
Subsequent Name: HERCULE (1910).
Fate: unknown, no information after 1937
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.
Owners:
1904: Thomas Milward, Swansea.
1910: Soc. Anon. De Remorq Hercule (C. Lhommet, manager), Fecamp, France, now registered as a tug.
1920's: Soc. Dunkerquise De Remorqs De Savetast (Dunkirk).
Notes: To change a ship from trawling to a tug would have been no easy task to undertake as there would involve a lot of alterations to the superstructure and all the rivets has to be cut out by hammer and chisel. No welding or burning in those days.
Notes: Compound engines with 17" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 11'0" diameter, 10'0" length, 120 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
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