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Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateFebruary 1931
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 100 3/12' x breadth 26 7/12' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 212 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001520
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 634
Subsequent Names: VESUVIO; VESUVIUS (1954)

Fate: scrapped by Trirena, March 1981.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1931: Elliott Steam Tug Co. Ltd, London
late 1930s: owners Rimorchiatori Napolitani, Naples.
09:1943: Seized by German Navy.
1944: transferred to Marine Mittelmeerreederei.
17/03/1944: bombed and sunk at Livorno, salvaged and repaired and back to sevice with Rimorchiatori Napolitani.
1981-82: Sold for scrapping to Palermo Salvatore et Cia., Naples but resold.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16½", 27" and 45" cylinders, 30" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)