FOUNTAINS ABBEY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(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
Gross Tonnage: 1197 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002531
Keywords
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
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