FOREMOST 83

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

OwnerOwned by London and North Eastern Railway

Date1931

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP001523

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 637
Subsequent Names: PRETTY (by 1937); NISOS TINOS (1965)

Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register 1966.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1931: original owner unknown
1938: London and North East Railway, registered at Hull.
1948: British Transport Commission.
1965: Tsavlris (Salvage & Towing), Piraeus, Greece.

Notes: 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)

According to Lloyd's 1976/77 register Tsavlris (Salvage & Towing), also had other Alexander Hall built tugs on their books, including EMPIRE NEO 50 (1942) now NISOS LEFKAS; NEW GAMECOCK (193) now NISOS HYDRA and original engines. No further trace of these ships or this company after 1976.