TAYRA

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

Date1926

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 80 1/6' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 10 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 105 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001486

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 600.

Fate: Scrapped by Scrappingco, Willebroek. 1968 [£1,000].

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
08/1926: Delivered to Gaselee & Son Ltd., London. Cost £8080.
12/09/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Based at Naval Control, Southend and later in Scotland.
25/09/1944: Returned to owner.

General History:
1946: Re-engined 5cyl 700bhp British Polar diesel by Richards of Lowestoft.
01/1947 Wheelhouse damaged and and skipper Albert Taylors ribs broken following collision with MV Port Alma in Erith Rands.
(Details www.lighteragetugs.co.uk)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 13", 21½" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'0" diameter, 10'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)