FOREMOST 101
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1939
Object NameDREDGER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 185 3/6' x breadth 33 1/12' x depth 15'
Gross Tonnage: 833 ton
Gross Tonnage: 833 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001551
Keywords
Yard Number: 665
Fate: Sank after collision with THORSHOV on voyage from Portsmouth to dumping grounds off Nab Tower, 10 January 1973.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw grab hopper dredger
Owners:
1939: James Contracting & Shipping Co. Ltd then James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co. Ltd.
1972: Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd, London.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 13", 21½" and 35" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 14'0" diameter, 11'0" length, 185 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1941: Fitted for oil fuel; Now described as a 'hopper barge'.
