WILLIAM RYAN

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

Date1928

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 78 1/6' x breadth 20 7/12' x depth 10 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 102 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001497

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 611
Subsequent Name: SUNRISE (1949)

Fate: Scrapped by Scrappingco SA., Antwerp, May 1966.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug.

Owners:
12/1928: Delivered to W. R. Cunis Ltd., London.
22/11/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty.
13/09/1945: Returned to owners.
1949: Sold to W. H. J. Alexander Ltd., London.
(source: www.lighteragetugs.co.uk)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'0" diameter, 10'6" length, 210 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)