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Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1933
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 100 3/12' x breadth 26 7/12' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 213 ton
Gross Tonnage: 213 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001528
Keywords
Yard Number: 642.
Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1972-73.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug.
Owners:
1933: Elliot Steam Tug Co Ltd (Manager: J. Page - later Ship Towage London Ltd). Registered at London "for towing services".
1967: William Watkins Ltd.
1970: London Tugs Ltd.
General History:
Sailed for London 25 March 1933.
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)
