DRIVER

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

Date9 October 1942

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 90 3/12' x breadth 28 1/12 x depth 14'
Gross tonnage: 130 tons.

Object numberABDSHIP001570

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 684
Subsequent Name: GAGLIARDO SECONDO (1976)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's in 1984

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Tug of the Impetus Class

Owners:
1942-64: The Royal Navy, W 100
27/08/64: Sold to Italian company.
1976: Carmelo Picciotto Fu Guiseppe (Messina, Italy)

General History:
Served at Rosyth until 26 September 1949 when transferred to Gibraltar.
Despite apparently being sold out of Admiralty service in 1964 the first Lloyd's entry seems to be 1976, the last is 1984 when it has same owners and original engine built by Halls

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 15'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)