COLTSFOOT
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1941
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 192'9" x breadth 33'2" x depth 16'4"
Gross Tonnage: 813 ton
Gross Tonnage: 813 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001561
Keywords
Yard Number: 675
Subsequent Names: ALEXANDRA (1947); HERMOUPOLIS (1953)
Fate: Lost 20 November 1954.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower Class Corvette, 2 decks, cruiser stern.
Owners:
01/11/1941-1947: Royal Navy, pennant no. K140
1947: Compania Divisia Devapores S.A. registered Piraeus, Greece, then Panama (1952).
1953: Foustanos Brothers, Greece.
General History:
Laid down 4 September 1940, launched October 1941, commissioned 1 November 1941.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 4 cylinders of 18", 31", 38½" and 38½" diameters, 30" stroke. 2 Boilers 16'6" diameter, 12'6" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
