KINGARTH
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date22 May 1944
Object NameSALVAGE VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 150 1/3' x breadth 35 7/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 768 tons
Gross Tonnage: 768 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001582
Keywords
Yard Number: 696
Fate: unknown, likely scrapped 1985.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Salvage vessel of the Dispenser Class
Owners:
1944: The Royal Navy, commissioned December 1944
1985: Sold out of Royal Fleet Auxiliary service.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 11¾", 19¾" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 14'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Converted to a motor vessel in 1967.
Vessel was involved in clearing the harbour at Flushing, including the lifting of the dock gates.
5 May 1804
15 February 1858
