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CAIRNSIDE

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

DateAugust 1913

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 165 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 560 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001373

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 487.
Official Number: 132074

Fate: Stranded on Shipwash Sands, Thames with cargo of oilcake on voyage from Erith to Leith, 17 June 1919. Vessel was a total wreck, salvage impracticable.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steam cargo vessel, quarterdeck 97', bridge deck 11', forecastle 20'.

Owners:
1913: Wear Steam Ship Co., Ltd., Sunderland.
1918: Thomas Rose & partners Ltd., Sunderland.

Master
1915-18: Master W. Sanderson

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 15½", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 14'6" diameter, 10'0" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)