ROSEGARTH
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Rea Towing Co.
(Liverpool, England)
Date21 January 1954
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 102'6" x breadth 26'7" x depth 14'3"
gross tonnage: 231 ton
gross tonnage: 231 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001634
Keywords
Yard Number: 748
Fate: unknown, last mention in Lloyd's Register, 1969
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Single screw tug
Owners:
1954: Rea Towing Co. Ltd., 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 463
Launched 221.1.1954. Naming ceremony performed by Mrs Heathcote, wife of Mr. B. Heathcote, a director of the owning company.
5th of 6 to be built for owners by Alexander Hall.
For service on river Mersey - built for river, harbour and deep sea operation.
Triple expansion steam engines. Electric light throughout. Single screw, coal fired "Scotch boiler".
Photos (1) Naming ceremony (2) "Rosegarth" moving down the warp
(Hall Russell Journal 23 (4) p.93 1954)
"The drawing shows clearly how the Rea tugs were built with an enclosed side passage, plated in along the side with accommodation forward with the bulkhead at the after end. The only snag was that to reach the anchor deck the crew members had to go up to the boat deck and climb down a ladder".
(P. N. Thomas, (1983), "British Steam Tugs" (Waine Research, Wolverhampton) pp.152-153) (drawing of ROSEGARTH on p.153)
