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SIR JOHN SNELL
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date11 January 1955
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 323 5/6' x breadth 43 1/3' x depth 20 1/3'
Gross Tonnage: 2947 ton
Gross Tonnage: 2947 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002533
Keywords
Yard Number: 841
Official Number: 186286
Subsequent Name: AGMAR 1 (1980)
Fate: broken up 20 December 1980.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel (collier), 1 deck, machinery aft.
Owners:
1955-80: Central Electricity Authority (managers Stephenson Clarke Ltd.)
1980: Agmar Shipping Co.Ltd., Sunderland, Later sold to Desguances Aviles S.A., San Estaban de Pravia, Spain for breaking.
General History:
Self-trimming collier 'engaged in carriage of coal from North East ports to new Shoreham Harbour and lower reaches of the Thames.'
Crew of 26 in single berth cabins.
Launch performed by Mrs A. Snell, 11 January 1955.
Managed by Stephen Clarke Ltd.
(Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal, July 1955, pp. 60-61)
Machinery: triple-expansion steam reciprocating engine with 20½", 33" and 57" diameter cylinders, 39" stroke built by NE Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland.
April 1827
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