SEA GIANT

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date2 March 1954

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 177' x breadth 35' (36'11") x depth 18'6" (15'8 1/2")
gross tonnage 855 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001629

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 743

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Twin screw tug of the Sampson class.

Owner:
1955: Royal Navy (Royal Fleet Auxiliary), Pennant no. A288.
Later 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, p.33:
Third of three similar vessels built for the Admiralty. Launched 2 March 1954. Named by Mrs William D.C. Cheyne - daughter of one of the builders directors.
Single deck type. Accommodation for 53. "Special attention has been given to reducing woodwork to a minimum, and where wood has been fitted it has been fire proofed".
Photos of (1) Launch Party (2) Naming Ceremony (3) "Leaving the ways" - Burntisland Journal 24 (1) 1955, p.33
Photos of SEAGIANT on sea trials - Burntisland Group Journal 24 (2) 1955, p.67