HREFNA

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

Date30 June 1950

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 183 11/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 681 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002516

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 824
IMO Number: 5536041
Subsequent Names: THORSTEINN INGOLFSSON (1951); MARIA L (1965)

Fate: Demolished at Perama in 1968.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler (side) with a cruiser stern and fuel tanks fitted at side for later diesel and fitted with radar.

Owners:
1950: Built for the Icelandic Government, but transferred to commercial owners and renamed at registration.
1951: Owners Baejarutgerd Reykjavikur, Reykjavik. Renamed THORSTEINN INGOLFSSON.
1965: Owners N. D. Lagoutis & Sons S A, Piraeus, renamed MARIA L.

General History:
05/12/1949: Keel laid on Berth No. 4
30/06/1950: Launched. 29.5 weeks after keel was laid. Named by Mrs Thorkelsson, wife of the owner’s superintendent.
09/07/1950: Engine and winch on board.
30/12/1950: Handed over. Registered at Vatneyri.
01/04/1951: Renamed THORSTEINN INGOLFSSON.
04/03/1951: Sailed from Aberdeen.

Notes:
Sister to ANDVARI, Yard No. 825 & DROFN, Yard No. 826.
Built as the HREFNA and renamed THORSTEINN INGOLFSSON at registration. Hrefna is Icelandic for Minke Whale.

"Named by Mrs Thorkelsson whose husband is supervising construction of the vessels."
Includes photographs of launch party and on trials.
(Burntisland and Hall Russell Shipyard Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (1959), p. 21)

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 16½” x 28½” x 47” with 30” stroke, 1240 i.h.p. H.R. Engine No. 3/48.
Oil fired boiler by Barclay Curle, No. S.B.48/9.
Boiler: 1 single boiler; heating area (ft^2) 4035; diamter 16' 0"; length 11' 0"; 3 Deighton section 45¾” diameter furnaces; pressure (p.s.i) 225
Propeller: 11’ 3” diameter, 4-bladed, solid, manganese bronze.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&builder=&builder_eng=&year_built=&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&type_ref1=&propulsion=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&ref=52169&vessel=HREFNA
Photograph in Aberdeen City Archive: - HR/2/7/38a & 38b and 477/1 to /26.
Aberdeen City and Shire Archive HR/2/7/401/38a. (Publication plate- rough proof.)
http://www.photos.is/main.php?g2_itemId=39793