FOREMOST 81

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

DateMay 1931

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 82 1/6' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 10 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 117 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001521

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 635
Subsequent Names: GRAAF VISART (by 1937)

Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register 1949.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1931: James Dredging Towage & Transport Co., London
By 1937: Port of Registry is Zeebrugge, Belgium, and name has been changed to GRAAF VISART. Now owned by Cie. des Installations Maritimes de Bruges.
By 1939: Change of owners to Maats der Brugsche Zeevart Inrichtingen N.V.

Notes: Launched in May 1931, with FOREMOST 82
Triple expansion engines with 12", 19" and 31" cylinders, 22" stroke. Boiler 11'6" diameter, 10'0" length, 185 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)