GRASSGARTH
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Rea Towing Co.
(Liverpool, England)
Date1953
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 96 3/12' x breadth 26 7/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 231 tons
Gross Tonnage: 231 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001623
Keywords
Yard Number: 737
Fate: Sold for scrapping at Troon, Ayrshire, July 1972.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owners:
1953: Rea Towing Co., Liverpool
12/1970: Sold on to Northern Slipway, Dublin, but remained at Liverpool.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 30" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Engine number 449
