SUN XVI

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (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

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

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)