SUN XVII
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1946
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001599
Keywords
Yard Number: 713
Subsequent Name: RANIA G (1968)
Fate: Scrapped in Palermo, Italy, June 1983.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug, 1 deck, riveted construction:
Owners:
11/1946: W. H. J. Alexander Ltd.
1968: Società Rimorchiatori Napoletani, Naples, Italy.
Notes: Built as EMPIRE MARGARET by A. Hall & Co. Ltd, Aberdeen and launched on 16 June 1946 as SUN XVII. Completed in November 1946 for W. H. J. Alexander Ltd.
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)
Engine number 418
A/MS 1415
1816
