FOREMOST 51
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateJanuary 1937
Object NameDREDGER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 135 1/3' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 11'
Gross Tonnage: 380 ton
Gross Tonnage: 380 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001547
Keywords
Yard Number: 661
Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register, 1977-78.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw grab hopper dredger
Owners;
1937: James Dredging Towage & Transport Co., London, registered in London
1939: Union Govt. of South Africa (Railways and Harbour Administration, East London).
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)
