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FOREMOST 81
FOREMOST 81
FOREMOST 81

FOREMOST 81

Shipbuilder (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
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)
BALLOCHBUIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1881
SIMON DUHAMEL II
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
20 November 1930
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 June 1969
LADYSMITH
DUTHIE
1900
KER NEVEL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 October 1906
ACTIF
Alexander HALL & Co.
April 1883
NUTRIA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1933
EMPIRE GNOME
Admiralty
1942
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1899
HOLLAND II
DUTHIE
February 1898
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 November 1924
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 December 1937
HEBDEN
November 1908
KILBURN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
28 May 1918
ELLIDAEY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1947
Trawler A358 Dulcibelle Leaving Aberdeen Harbour
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1918
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 April 1913
WILLIAM EDWARD
Walter Hood & Co.
1847
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927