ABERDEEN CITY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1957
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 113 3/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 264 ton
Gross Tonnage: 264 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001637
Keywords
Yard Number: 751
Fate: Went aground at Start Point, Sanday, Orkney in early hours of 16 September 1963 bound for Faroes. Crew of 12 taken off by Sanday lifeboat.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Motor trawler
Owners:
1957: Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Ltd, Aberdeen, fishing number, A113
Notes:
Engines Mirrlees KSDM6 - 662 BHP (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Launched 14 January 1957. Naming ceremony performed by Mrs Byron S. Bellany, wife of chairman of the shipowing company.
Photos,
(1) Group of guests before launch
(2) Mrs B.S. Bellany at naming ceremony
(Burntisland & Hall Russell Group Journal 25 (2), pp.47-48)
Photos,
(1) of wheelhouse
(2) on sea trials
(3) Master's cabin
(Burntisland & Hall Russell Group Journal 25 (3), p. 79)
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