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THRIFT

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1861 - 1993)
Date5 December 1903
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 168 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13 5/12'
Gross Tonnage: 506 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002057
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 378.
Subsequent Names: BERRYDEN (before 1931); SAN GIORG M (1946).

Fate: Broken up in Italy 1952.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, forecastle 23', bridge deck 18', quarterdeck 79'.

Owner:
1904: Northern Co-operative Society Ltd, Aberdeen.
12/1931: Sold by Northern Co-op in December 1931 to Robert Taylor and Sons, Dundee for about £3250.
1946: Sold to Maltese owners.
1952: Sold to Italian shipbreakers.

Master:
1904: Master T. Esson

Notes:
Triple expansion engines by Hall, Russell with 14½", 23½" and 38" diameter cylinders, 30" stroke. Boiler 180 lb. pressure, 93 RHP.
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1886
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 December 1967
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 March 1967
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1910
SCOTTISH WIZARD
Alexander HALL & Co.
August 1881
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1889
MARS
1904
TOLOSA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 March 1930
ELISSA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1877
CAIRNTOUL
DUTHIE
1902
DEVATARRA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 March 1930
CAIRNBULG
DUTHIE
March 1874
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
Walter Hood & Co.
16 July 1877
KINGSDALE
John Lewis & Sons
22 March 1973
ALEXANDER DUTHIE
DUTHIE
April 1867
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 May 1959
b/w photograph of clipper ship 'yalaroi'
Alexander HALL & Co.
1885
Sir John Snell (841) Launching Ceremony
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 January 1955