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

HYDRA

Shipbuilder (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
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 823

Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1962-63.

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.

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.
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