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WALANKA

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date4 July 1963
Object NameYACHT
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 110 3/6' x breadth 23 1/12' x depth 11 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 170 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002592
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 906
Subsequent Names: WALANKA; LADY CASTLEMAIN; ALISSA; SEAWISE; MI GAEA, MISS EVIE; SEA CREST; GIN TONIC (current 2011)

Fate: still extant

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Twin screw yacht

Notes:
The WALANKA is "luxuriously appointed and particularly suitable for worldwide pleasure cruising... air conditioning installed in the owner's and guests' cabins... and in the Captain's cabin... stabilisers are also fitted..."
pictures printed of her sponsor Mrs W. H. Salomon, of Mr. John Wright of Hall Russell's; of the interior of the yacht and of plans.
('Burntisland and Hall Russell Group Journal', vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 80-81)
The former WALANKA has been available for charter, 8 guests + 11 crew
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
ALEXANDER DUTHIE
DUTHIE
April 1867
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 March 1964
Alexander HALL & Co.
1865
Aberdeen City-Motor Trawler Built By A Hall, 1957
Alexander HALL & Co.
1957
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1870
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
5 November 1964
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 July 1964
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
SIR FRED PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 December 1966
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 January 1961
Walter Hood & Co.
September 1869
WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1893
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 December 1937
STORNOWAY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1850
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
20 May 1939
SOPHOCLES
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
August 1879