SVALBAKUR

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

Date1949

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 175 5/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
gross tonnage: 656 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001612

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 726

Fate: Broken up in Spain in the last quarter of 1974.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1949: Government of Iceland, Akureyri. (Builder's list)
1955: Port of Registry now Reykjavík.
1958: Owner now Utgerdarfelag, Akureyringa and registry Akureyri, Iceland.
1964: Ownership back to as built - Government of Iceland (Skipautgerd Rikisins)

Note: 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 438 - oil fuel.
Fitted with direction finder, echo sounder and radar by 1951.