BON VOYAGE

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

Date1934

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 90 3/12' x breadth 28 7/12' x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 215 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001533

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 647

Fate: unknown after1957.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owner:
1934: James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co., London (for Mr Frank M Ross of Montreal)
1934: Sincennes McNaughton, Montreal.
1940: Admiralty, USSR, Vladivostok.

General History:
Designed to operate in ice-bound waters.
16/08/1934: Left for Montreal.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 40" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 15'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
BON VOYAGE was one of 4 tugs built for Sincennes McNaughton Montreal, built by A. Hall & Co.. The other three were BON ROSS, BON SCOT and BON SECOURS. BON VOYAGE and BON SECOURS were sold in 1940 to Russia (Admiralty), Vladivostok, becoming GP8 and BON SECOURS GP7. Their is no info on GP7 or 8 after 1957.