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IMPETUS
IMPETUS
IMPETUS

IMPETUS

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1940
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 90 3/12' x breadth 28 1/12' x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 234 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001553
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 667

Fate: retired in late 1960s.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug of the "Impetus" class, also known as "Flamer" Class by Port Auxiliary Service.

Owners:
1940: The Admiralty, served at Rosyth.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 15'0" diameter, 11'0" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
FLAMER
Alexander HALL & Co.
23 May 1940
FRESCO
Alexander HALL & Co.
20 June 1940
ENERGY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1943
DRIVER
Alexander HALL & Co.
9 October 1942
Black and white photograph of the Alex. Hall Built 'Schomberg', mounted on card
Alexander HALL & Co.
5 April 1855
REWARD
John Lewis & Sons
5 December 1967
AGNES BLAIKIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1887
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
20 May 1939
INCHCOLM
John Lewis & Sons
9 February 1967
Alexander HALL & Co.
November 1866
POMONA
Nicol Reid & Co.
1838
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1918
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
ROCHEA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
2 February 1965
b/w photograph of clipper ship 'yalaroi'
Alexander HALL & Co.
1885