FOREMOST 41
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1926
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 244 ton
Gross Tonnage: 244 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001483
Keywords
Yard Number: 597.
Subsequent Name: FOREMOST
Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1968.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug, wireless installed by 1927.
Owners:
07/1926: Completed for James Dredging, Towage and Transport Co. Ltd., London.
1930: Huddart, Parker Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. Flag: British.
1958: Ritch and Smith Ltd, Melbourne.
1961: Now registered in Adelaide.
General History:
1927 or 1929 Arrived at Adelaide from Singapore and operated at Adelaide until 1969.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 40" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 14'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 185 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
