AUDACIOUS
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1923
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 95 3/12' x breadth 23 1/12' x depth 11 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 159 tons
Gross Tonnage: 159 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001473
Keywords
Yard Number: 587.
Fate: Broken up in the UK, 1967.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owners:
1923: John Cooper, Belfast.
General History:
"Although she was built in 1923 the AUDACIOUS had a number of features which were somewhat out-dated. The rounded fairing over the side passage had been common in the early dates but had hardly been used since the early 1900's. The deck was sheathed in 5" x 2½" pitch pine over almost the whole length when the contemporary tugs had wood "deadening" only over the accommodation. She had samson posts on the foredeck only, having none abreast of the hook. The davits did not go down to the main deck but pivotted in heavy castings fixed to the fairings".
(P. N. Thomas (1983) "British Steam Tugs" (Waine Research, Wolverhampton), p. 75)
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 15½", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 14'9" diameter, 10'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
15 February 1858
