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THE FOREMOST

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

Date1929

Object NameDREDGER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 205' x breadth 40 1/12' x depth 17 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1110 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001494

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 608

Fate: unknown.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel twin screw hopper dredger. Dredging to depth of 60 feet and 1600 tons per hour.

Owners:
1929: James Dredging Towage & Transport Co., London
1937: Great Western Railways.

Notes: Three triple expansion engines with 13½", 21" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke. 2 Boilers 13'6" diameter, 11'0" length, 190 lb. pressure. Two engines would have driven the dredging equipment (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)