KEFLVIKINGUR

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1948

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 175 5/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 657 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001606

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 720
Subsequent Names: VOLTUR (by 1957); APRIL (by 1960)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1947: Icelandic Government, Keflavík.
1957: Austfirdingur H/F, Eskifirdi.
1960: Bajarutgerd Hafnarfjardar, Hafnarfirdi.
1968: N. D. Lagoutis & Sons S A , Piraeus.

Notes: Vessel was the fifth of seven built for the same owners.
The engine was built by A. Hall & Co. and was a triple expansion engine with 16½", 28½" and 47" cylinders, 30" stroke, 1245 HP. 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 431

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