NEW GAMECOCK

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

Date1 March 1930

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 100 3/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13 3/6'
gross tonnage: 214 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001508

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 622
Official Number: 161394
Subsequent Names: STEADY (1933); EYTANAH (1948); NISOS HYDRA (1966); ACHILLEUS (1975)

Fate: Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey, 1995.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug, fitted with electric light.

Owners:
04/1930: Delivered to Gamecock Steam Towing Co Ltd., Gravesend, registered London. (Manager: J. Wilson Potter)
08/1933: Crown Agents for the Colonies, Government of Palestine. Port of Registry now Haifa.
1951: Government of Israel.
1948: Israeli Government, Haifa.
1966: Tsavliris Salvage and Towage Co., Piraeus.
1975: Maritime Commercial Enterprises Ltd., Piraeus.
1994: Alexander G. Tsavliris and Sons, Piraeus.

Note: 1000ihp Triple Expansion engine 3 cylinders 16" x 25" x 42" with 30" stroke 200psi steam engine by builder. Built 1930 by Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. YN622.
12/1935: Converted to oil fired boiler.