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HARDBAKUR
HARDBAKUR
HARDBAKUR

HARDBAKUR

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1950
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 183 11/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 732 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001620
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 734

Fate: unknown, laid up due to overdue surveys in 1980 (Lloyd's Register).

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1950: Icelandic Government.
1950: Utgerdarfelag Akureyringa, Akureyri.

Notes: Listed as VIKINGUR but renamed HARDBAKUR in 1950.
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 446
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