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

Date1934

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
gross tonnage: 242 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001530

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co
Yard Number: 644
Subsequent Name: BUKSIR NO. 1

Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register for 1958-59.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1934: James Dredging Towage & Transport Co., London
1934: to USSR
By 1937, the owners were Sovtorgflot. Port of registration given as Russia.

General History:
01/1934: Launched.
07/03/1934: Second trial trip, 13 knots.
24/07/1934: Owner's trial.
25/07/1934: Towing tests in dock.
05/08/1934: Left for Murmansk, now known as BUKSIR.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 26" and 43" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 15'6" diameter, 11'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)