Black and White Photograph in album of cargo vessel 'Hydra'

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HYDRA

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

Date16 May 1950

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 264' x breadth 41' 11" x depth 19'
Gross Tonnage: 1838 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002515

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 823
Official number (IMO): 5519580

Subsequent names: KOWLOON BAY (1962)

Fate: Wrecked at Hong Kong in 1964 and later broken up.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 deck, poop deck 33', bridge deck 65', forecastle 24', cruiser stern

Owners:
1950: Bruusgaard, Kiosteruds Skibs A/S, Drammen, Norway.
1962: Pan Asiatic Lines Inc., Panama
Notes:
At launch was named by Mrs Aslaugh Rose-Anderssen. Sister ship to the HERO. Built for China coastal trading. Built for varied cargoes. The boilers are arranged to burn either oil fuel or coal.
Photos, page 18:
"Before the launch of the Hydra"
"...energetically chartered by Mrs Aslaugh Rose-Anderssen"
"Hydra for China coastal trading"
( "Burntisland and Hall Russell Shipyard Journal" vol. 22, no. 1, (1951), pp. 17-18)

2 oil fired compound engines with cylinders 16 3/4" amd 32 3/16" diameters, by Hall, Russell.

No change of name listed. Fate unknown.