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POPPY

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date20 November 1942

Object NameCORVETTE

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'6"
Gross Tonnage: 813 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001563

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 677
Official Number: 24405.
Subsequent Name: RAMI

Fate: Hulked in 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower Class Corvette

Owners:
1941: Royal Navy, pennant number K213
1946: Sold into mercantile sevice with Soc. Anon. Maritime et Commerciale, registered port Panama.
1955: Antonio Rocco, Italy.

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)