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SCOTSTOUN HEAD

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

Date1921

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 150 1/3' x breadth 24 1/12' x depth 11 1/3'
Gross Tonnage: 437 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001469

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 583
Official Number: 145551
Subsequent Names: RIO QUEQUEN GRANDE (1937); QUEQUEN (1939).

Fate: wrecked off San Fernando do Sol, Argentina, after breaking her propeller shaft, 20 February 1950, with a cargo of apples, wool, etc (Source: Lloyd's List of Merchant Ships totally lost etc. for 1950)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw cargo steamer, 3 masts schooner rig, quarterdeck 85', bridge deck 12', forecastle 19'.

Owners:
1921: Henry & Macgregor Ltd, registered in Leith.
1925: S.A. Mercantil Podesta Ltda. and now registered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1939: Miguel Massa Lodnca.

Note: Triple expansion engines with 13", 21½" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'0" diameter, 10'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)