SUPERMAN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1954
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 165 5/12' x breadth 35 1/12' x depth 18 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 855 ton
Gross Tonnage: 855 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001628
Keywords
Yard Number: 742
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Twin screw steam tug, Sampson class.
Owners:
1954: Royal Navy (Royal Fleet Auxiliary)
Sold to the Chilean Navy
Notes: Two triple expansion engines with 18", 30" and 47" cylinders, 28" stroke. Two water tube boilers 3000 IHP (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
From Burntisland Group Journal 24 (1) 1955, p33:
Second of three similar vessels built for the Admiralty.
Single deck type.
Accommodation for complement of 53.
Photo: SUPERMAN on sea trials.
1841
1915
