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HREFNA
HREFNA
HREFNA

HREFNA

Shipbuilder (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
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
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Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
28 August 1950
M'ANI
John Lewis & Sons
1951
ELLIDAEY
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1947
KEFLVIKINGUR
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1948
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
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3 September 1951
VALE OF LENNOX
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4 March 1909
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1951
Black and White Photograph in album of launch of Norwegian whaler 'POL XV'
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23 May 1951
COREOPSIS
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1911
DOON
DUTHIE
December 1899
Ulafur Johannessen, BA77
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15 August 1950
TYRIE
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1908
Simon Duhamel (674), Cap Fagnet (675) - Rigging Plan
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21 January 1920
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26 April 1911
MIST
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1918
FANNY MAIR
June 1911
RETRIEVER
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1891
DANIEL STROUD
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1912
ROSE
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1907