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SIR JOSEPH SWAN

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

Date6 September 1945

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 243 1/3' x breadth 29 5/12' x depth 18 7/12'
gross tonnage: 1554 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002486

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 788
Official Number: 180770

Fate: broken up at Zelzate, Belgium, May 1961.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, bridge deck 16', quarterdeck 149', forecastle 24', machinery aft, cruiser stern.

Owners:
1945: London Power Co. Ltd, Stephenson Clarke, managers.

General History:
SIR JOSEPH SWAN (II) was a 1,554 GRT flatiron launched at Aberdeen in September 1945. She took the name of the earlier SIR JOSEPH SWAN sunk in 1940.
Launch sponsor Lady Ayre, wife and chairman of the owners, London Power Co. Ltd.
Manager Stephenson Clarke Ltd. London. It sailed from ports in Northern England and South Wales with coal to supply Battersea Power Station.
(See Burntisland & Hall Russell Shipyard Journal, vol. 20, page 36, 1946)
(From notes in Shipbuilding and Shipping Record)

Notes:
Triple expansion engine with 16½", 27" and 47" cylinders, 33" stroke.
Last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1964-1965