STEVIA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date6 July 1948
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength: 132'9" x breadth: 25'2" x depth: 11'5"
Gross Tonnage: 332 ton
Gross Tonnage: 332 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002505
Keywords
Yard Number: 810
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1968.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler with raised quarterdeck
Owners:
1948: Irvin & Johnson (South Africa) Ltd., Cape Town.
Notes:
Launched by Mrs E. Cradock, daughter of Sir John H. Irvin.
18th vessel built by Hall Russell for this firm. Designed for service in South African waters.
(Burntisland & Hall Russell Shipyard Journal, vol. 21 no. 2, p. 34)
Triple expansion engine with 12½", 21" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke, by Hall, Russell.
Burntisland & Hall Russell Shipyard Journal. vol. 21, no. 3, p. 53. has a photograph of STEVIA
Entries in Lloyd's Register of Shipping: 1951-52, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1968-69 (last entry)
