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SUN XVI
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SUN XVI

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date5 May 1946
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001598
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 712
Subsequent Name: S CATALDO (1962)

Fate: Scrapped in 1983 in Naples.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug

Owners:
1946: W. H. J. Alexander Ltd.
1962: Societa Rim. Napoletani, Italy and renamed S CATALDO.

Notes:
Built as EMPIRE LEONARD by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Launched on 5 May 1946 and completed in September 1946 as SUN XVI
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
FORT WILLIAM
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
2 February 1903
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
8 July 1913
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1931
ELISE I CARNIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 June 1930
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1875
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1942
Black and White Photograph in album of collier 'Dame Caroline Haslett'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
7 October 1950
GIPSY
DUTHIE
11 August 1883
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 March 1941
Alexander HALL & Co.
January 1870
NYMPH
1811