FOREMOST 44
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1928
Object NameBARGE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 185 3/6' x breadth 33 1/12' x depth 15 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 824 ton
Gross Tonnage: 824 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001492
Keywords
Yard Number: 606
Fate: Broken up in Irish Republic, 1966.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw hopper barge.
Owners:
1928: James Dredging Towage & Transport Co., London
1937: Great Western Railways.
1949: British Transport Commission.
1964: British Transport Docks Board.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 40" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 14'6" diameter, 11'6" length, 190 lb. pressure. (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1832