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GLEN TANAR

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date4 June 1909

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 195.25' x breadth 32.15' x depth 11.33 (13'6" in o)
Gross Tonnage: 817.13 tons
NRT: 448.50 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002152

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 465.
Official Number (IMO): 127170.

Fate: Sunk by a mine dropped by UC.77, 1 mile NE of Girdleness while bringing a coal cargo to Aberdeen from Seaham, 3 May 1917. No casualties.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, screw, iron. One deck, two masts, schooner rigged, elliptic stern, clencher built, no gallery, no figurehead, steel framework, four bulkheads, five water ballast tanks.

Owners:
24/06/1909: Aberdeen registry opened, No. 16 in 1909. Joint owners,
George Milne Cook, Aberdeen, shipowner.
James Cook, Aberdeen, shipowner.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

General History:
07/06/1910:
Struck the tug JOHN MACONACHIE during her launch.
( Aberdeen Daily Journal)

Notes:
Engine Details: Steam by screw, inverted, direct acting, triple expansion 16" x 26" x 43" (15½" x 26" x 42" in o) with 27" stroke. 798 i.h.p. 121 N.H.P. by HR. 9 knots.

Boiler: Number: 1 S.B. Heating Area (ft2) 2090, diameter 15'0" (14' 0" in o) x length 10'6"
Furnaces: 3 Fox corr. 3' 7½ dia. Pressure (ps.i.): 180
Propeller diameter: 9'-9", solid cast iron

Cost & Extras (£) £11,600 Extras fit up recess fore end of quarter deck £10.10/-. White & Thomson standard compass £14.7/6.

H.R. Order Book: Donkey boiler 6'-0" x 12'-0" x 80 p.s.i. cross tubular, own make. Ballast, donkey, feed do & 1 pp w boiler. 3 steam winches 7" x ?, steam windlass, steam steering gear and stockless anchor No. 1.

Loss:- https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/ship.html?shipID=2513
Wrecksite:- https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61938
https://canmore.org.uk/site/101786/glen-tanar-girdle-ness-aberdeen-north-sea