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GRAB DREDGER NO 2
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GRAB DREDGER NO 2

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateFebruary 1931
Object NameDREDGER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 11'
Gross Tonnage: 268 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001515
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 629
Official Number: 162278

Fate: Broken up in the UK in 1969.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Grab hopper dredger, machinery aft.

Owners:
1931: Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners. Registered in Aberdeen.
No change of owners throughout its life (except of name from Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners to Aberdeen Harbour Board).

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 10", 16¼" and 27" cylinders, 20" stroke. Boiler 10'6" diameter, 10'0" length, 210 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 April 1917
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
GOLDSEEKER
DUTHIE
May 1900
QUATHLAMBA
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1879
NEWCASTLE
DUTHIE
5 February 1842
FLYING DEMON
John Lewis & Sons
1964
Earl Thorfinn (694) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1928
PAUL JONES
Alexander HALL & Co.
1827
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1891
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 December 1930
REWARD
DUTHIE
March 1820
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 November 1895
ARISTIDES
Walter Hood & Co.
1876
GUNNET
John Lewis & Sons
28 March 1967
AGNES BLAIKIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
BEN ARDNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 December 1912
Fishery research vessel Sir William Hardy at sea
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 November 1955