Black and White Photograph in album of collier 'Dame Caroline Haslett'

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DAME CAROLINE HASLETT

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

Date7 October 1950

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 258' x breadth 35' 5" x depth 18' 7"
gross tonnage: 1777 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002512

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 819
Official Number: 183189

Fate: Scrapped 1984, Middlesborough.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, quarterdeck 158’, bridge deck 20’, forecastle 26’, machinery aft, cruiser stern.

Owner:
1950: British Electricity Authority, London (Manager: Stephenson Clarke Ltd)
1955: Owners now called Central Generating Authority later changed to Central Electricity Generating Board.

General History:
1975-81: Described as for general cargo.

1980-83: Described as a cable-layer repair ship and in 1982-83 described as being "for English Channel Service South of a line Harwich to Hook of Holland".

Notes:
Vessel was named by Dame Caroline Haslett (1895-1957). Caroline Haslett was born at Worth, Sussex in 1895. During the First World War, she joined the Cochran Boiler Company where she acquired a basic engineering training and from that time became something of a pioneer for women in the electrical and professional world.

From 1946-1954 Dame Caroline was the only woman member of the Council of the British Institute of Management and in 1953-1954 Chairman of the British Electrical Development Association, the first time a woman had been appointed to that office. She was also the only woman member of the British Electricity Authority 1947-1956 - a popular appointment in view of the importance of domestic electrical development. In recognition of her services she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1931 and in 1947 was promoted to Dame Commander.

Photo in 'Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal', September 1959, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 77:
"The Dame Caroline Haslett on the Thames being fitted with cable paying-out gear for cable trials in connection with the cross channel electricity link between England and France".

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