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SPURN POINT

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1908

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125 1/3' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 10'
gross tonnage: 234 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001331

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 445.
Subsequent Names: QUICKTHORN (after 1927); DUNAVON (by 1939); STAR OF PEACE

Fate: Broken up in the UK 1955.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw cargo vessel, quarterdeck 45', bridge deck 9', forecastle 22'.

Owners:
1908: Robert Rix & others, Hull.
08/1919: Elveden Shipping Company, Cardiff.
1920-27: Scorrier Steam Coasters, Cardiff
09/1927: W. J. Ireland, Liverpool.
04/1931: QUICKTHORN was sold by W. J. Ireland, Liverpool to Buchan and Hogg, Grangemouth for about £2500.
1939-40: Buchan & Hogg, Grangemouth, Dunavon Steam Shipping Co.
1949: W. R. Metcalfe, Grangemouth
1954: Lockett Wilson Ltd, London.
1955: Arlesford Trading Co. Ltd.

Masters:
1918: Master G. Moody

Notes: Compound engines with 15" and 32" cylinders, 22" stroke, by Alex. Hall & Co., Aberdeen. Boiler 11'6" diameter, 9'6" length, 135 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)