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Whitby Abbey, Fountains Abbey (838 839) General Arrangement Plan
FOUNTAINS ABBEY
Whitby Abbey, Fountains Abbey (838 839) General Arrangement Plan
Whitby Abbey, Fountains Abbey (838 839) General Arrangement Plan

FOUNTAINS ABBEY

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date31 May 1954
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 256' 2" x breadth 38' 8" x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 1197 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002531
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 839
Official Number:185185

Fate: This ship was severely damaged by fire 12 February 1962, 67 miles off Spurn Point and abandoned on route from Hamburg to Goole. The vessel was salvaged and subsequently towed to Bruges to be broken up.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: General cargo liner, 1 deck and open shelter deck, fitted with radar and sonar.

Owners:
1954: British Transport Commission, Associated Humber Lines managers, registered at Hull.

01/06/1954:
'The FOUNTAINS ABBEY, an open-shelter deck motor vessel, which will sail between Hull and the near Continental ports, makes for the fitting-out basin after being launched from the yard of Messrs Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, yesterday. Picture on the right shows Mrs Train, wife of Mr J. C. L. Train, a member of the British Transport Commission, naming the ship.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)

Note:
6 cylinder Diesel engine 500x700 mm by J. G. Kincaid of Greenock
Whitby Abbey (838) Under way, running trials
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 April 1954
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 June 1969
BALLOCHBUIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1873
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 December 1937
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrory (903) at Hall Russell
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 November 1962
WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
John Lewis & Sons
11 May 1918
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1872
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
September 1874
'Cimba'  - a three-masted ship
Walter Hood & Co.
1878
Caliph - Sailing Ship
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1869
GRATEFUL
DUTHIE
27 March 1907
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
MOUNT ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1962
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 January 1959
CONQUEROR
Alexander HALL & Co.
27 April 1850