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Thomas Goulden (837) Launching Ceremony
THOMAS GOULDEN
Thomas Goulden (837) Launching Ceremony
Thomas Goulden (837) Launching Ceremony

THOMAS GOULDEN

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1 July 1954
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 320' x breadth 46' 1" x depth 22' 5"
Gross Tonnage: 3332 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002529
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 837
Subsequent Name: BRICK OTTAVO (1968)

Fate: Sold to breakers at La Spezia in 1983.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, machinery aft, cruiser stern.

Owners:
1955: North Thames Gas Board, Stephenson Clarke Ltd managers.
1968: Sold to Gino Gardella, Genoa, Italy (who operated a fleet of venerable, ex-British, steam colliers), renamed BRICK OTTAVO.

02/07/1954:
'Two new vessels, a tug and a collier, took the water yesterday at neighbouring shipbuilding yards in Aberdeen.
The third of three sister colliers built in Aberdeen for the North Thames Gas Board, the S.S. THOMAS GOULDEN, left the ways to the cheers of hundreds of workmen at the yard of Messrs Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.
The last of six vessels ordered by the Rea Towing Co. Ltd. Liverpool, the steam tug THROSTLEGARTH was launched from the yard of Messrs A Hall & Co. Ltd. The brief ceremony was marred by heavy rain.
Mrs Burns, wife of Dr J. Burns, chief engineer of the North Thames Gas Board, named the THOMAS GOULDEN. Dr Burns is a graduate of Aberdeen University. In 1941 he was awarded the George Medal for heroism at Bromley Works during the blitz.
Mrs Ney, wife of Mr T. Ney, director of the Rea Towing Co. Ltd., named the THROSTLEGARTH.
The THOMAS GOULDEN is a single screw, self-trimming collier of about 4600 tons. It is designed for service between the North of England coal ports and the Thames.
The new tug is a steel screw river and sea going vessel, designed for use on the Mersey.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)

Machinery: Triple-expansion steam reciprocating by North-East Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Sunderland.; Power: 1,450 ihp; Speed: 10.5 knots.
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 June 1957
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Murdoch'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 April 1949
Sir David II (835) Underway Running Trials
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
20 November 1954
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
August 1862
Black & white photograph of 'Charles H Merz'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 June 1955
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1873
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 March 1945
ATLAS
1817
Dulwich, Lambeth, Ewell, Camberwell (861 862 863 864) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 January 1958
Alexander HALL & Co.
1873
ABERGELDIE
DUTHIE
April 1869
Sir John Snell (841) Launching Ceremony
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 January 1955
AVIEMORE
Walter Hood & Co.
1870
ARDOE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
Dulwich, Lambeth, Ewell, Camberwell (861 862 863 864) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 April 1958
QUATHLAMBA
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1879
JERUSALEM
Walter Hood & Co.
April 1867
Black and white photograph Showing The Collier 'lambeth' Built At Hall Russell, 1958
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 January 1958
Harry Richardson (820) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 November 1949