ASKUR
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateOctober 1947
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 175 5/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
gross tonnage: 657 tons
gross tonnage: 657 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001604
Keywords
Yard Number: 718
Fate: Broken up in Belgium, 1969.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler
Owners:
1947: Icelandic Government, Reykjavík.
1949: Askur H/F Reykjavík
1964: Sildar & Fisrimjolsverksmidjan h/f
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16½", 28½" and 47" cylinders, 30" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'0" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Engine number 429
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