Harry Richardson (820) General Arrangement Plan

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HARRY RICHARDSON

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

Date18 November 1949

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 270'6" x breadth 39'6" x depth 17'1 1/2"
Gross Tonnage: 1777 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002513

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 820
Official Number: 183218

Fate: Breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd., Blyth, began on the 28 May 1980.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel, “flat iron” collier, motor, screw, steel.

Owner:
1950: British Electricity Authority. Manager: Stephenson Clarke Ltd., London.
1954: Owners retitled Central Electricity Authority (CEA), London.
1958: Owners retitled Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), London.
04/1968: Managers retitled Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd., London.
1979: Owners H.G. Humphreys. London, renamed SINNIS.
1979: Owners Regalarden Ltd., (Aueleon Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd., Managers) London.

General History:
HARRY RICHARDSON was built for Central Electric by Hall Russel's. It was used for taking coal up river on the Thames, the wheel house and funnel built lower down so the ship can get under the bridges on the Thames. It had one deck and hatches.

23/05/1949 : Keel laid on Berth No. 4.
08/09/1949: Framed.
18/04/1949: Sailed for loaded trials in Firth of Forth.
18/11/1949: Launched. Named by Mrs Harry Richardson, wife of Major Harry Richardson, member of Southern Electricity Board, Chairman of the London Power Co. Ltd.
(Hall Russell Journal, vol. 21, no. 4,1950, p. 83)

1980: Battersea Power Station closed and the last two up river colliers, including HARRY RICHARDSON were sold.

Notes:
Sister to Yard No. 819, DAME CAROLINE HASLETT.
Motor by screw. British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow. Model M48M, No. E.780.
8-cylinder, 2 stroke, single acting, 340mm x 570mm, 1180 b.h.p. @ 225 r.p.m.
Engine, spares and transport to yard - £22,373.0.0.
Propellor: 9’ 0” diameter 4-bladed solid manganese bronze.
Machinery Total £37,167.11.6
(H.R. Order Book, HR/2/3/4/ (Aberdeen City Archives))

See also:
History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52165&vessel=HARRY+RICHARDSON
Photographs in Aberdeen City Archive: - HR/2/7/401/13 and 473/1 to /6.