SIR DAVID II
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Shipownervessel built for
North Thames Gas Board
(London, England)
Date20 November 1954
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsOverall: 22 5/12 x 46 1/12 x 320 5/6ft
Gross Tonnage: 3332ton
Gross Tonnage: 3332ton
Object numberABDSHIP002527
Keywords
Yard Number: 835
Official Number: 186069
Subsequent Names: BOWCOMBE (1969); UNDICESIMO (1971)
Fate: Broken up La Spezia, March 1983.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, machinery aft, cruiser stern.
Owners:
1955: North Thames Gas Board, Stephenson Clarke Ltd managers.
General History:
21/11/1953:
'The SIR DAVID II, a single screw self-triming collier of about 4600 tons deadweight was launched yesterday from the yard of Hall, Russell and Co., Ltd., Aberdeen.
The vessel, ordered by the North Thames Gas Board, London, is 339ft long.
As she left the ways she was named by Mrs Michael Milne-Watson, wife of the chairman of the North Thames Gas Board.
A vessel of the raised quarter deck type with raked stem and cruiser stern, the Sir David II has accommodation for a crew of twenty-four officers and men.
Propelling machinery will consist of a direct acting triple expansion steam engine which will be supplied and fitted by the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. (1938) Ltd., Sunderland.
Two oil-fired cylindrical boilers fitted with forced draught equipment will generate the steam for the engine.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)
Triple expansion engines by North East Marine Engine Co. Sunderland, with 19", 31" and 54" cylinders, 39" stroke, 2 single boilers.
