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IMPETUS
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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)
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FLAMER
Alexander HALL & Co.
23 May 1940
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FRESCO
Alexander HALL & Co.
20 June 1940
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ENERGY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1943
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DRIVER
Alexander HALL & Co.
9 October 1942
GRANITE CITY
GRANITE CITY
Walter Hood & Co.
1853
Black and white photograph of the Alex. Hall Built 'Schomberg', mounted on card
SCHOMBERG
Alexander HALL & Co.
5 April 1855
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ST. SUNNIVA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1887
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BRILLIANT
DUTHIE
17 July 1877
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EARL OF ZETLAND
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
20 May 1939
SOBRAON
SOBRAON
Alexander HALL & Co.
November 1866
AGNES BLAIKIE
AGNES BLAIKIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
REWARD
REWARD
John Lewis & Sons
5 December 1967
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
BALLYRUSH
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
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POMONA
Nicol Reid & Co.
1838
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JAMES BRODIGAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1918
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THOMAS ARBUTHNOT
Alexander HALL & Co.
April 1841
ROCHEA
ROCHEA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
2 February 1965
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ST. SUNNIVA (CONVERSION)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1987
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INCHCOLM
John Lewis & Sons
9 February 1967
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GLANEUSE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1888
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MATABELE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1886
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BARFOOT
John Lewis & Sons
1943
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BALGAIRN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
b/w photograph of clipper ship 'yalaroi'
YALLAROI
Alexander HALL & Co.
1885