FOSSA

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

Date1929

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP001505

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 619

Fate: stranded at Dunkirk, 2 June 1940

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1929: Delivered to Gaselee & Son Ltd., London.
31/10/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty.

02/06/1940 Abandoned at Dunkirk after stranding on beach whilst assisting in evacuation. Later salved by Germans and allocated to Port Commandant, Dunkirk, No further trace.
(source: www.lighteragetugs.co.uk - See this website for a photo of the FOSSA stranded on the beach at Dunkirk)

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)