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Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1928
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 227 ton
Gross Tonnage: 227 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001496
Keywords
Yard Number: 610
Subsequent Names: BATTLEAXE (1949); LOYAL CELT (1957)
Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register 1964.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steam tug
Owners:
1928: James Dredging & Towing Co. Ltd., London.
1930: F. M. Ross.
1937: St. John's Tugboat Co. Ltd., registered at St John, New Brunswick.
1944: Ministry of War Transport (Sierra Leone Coaling Co. Ltd, Managers).
1946: Owners now called Ministry of Transport, and Port of Registry again St. John N.B.
1949: Britannia Steam Towing Co. Ltd.
1951: Albert O. Richards of Swansea.
1957: Bristol Channel Towage Co. Ltd.
1964: R. & J. H. Rea.
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)
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