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KINGSNORTH FISHER

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date6 May 1966

Object NameHEAVY LIFT VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 261' x breadth 53' x depth 20' 7"
Gross Tonnage: 2355 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002615

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 930
Official Number: 309186
Subsequent Names: NEW GENERATION (1990); NEW GEN (2001)

Fate: Arrived for scrapping at Alang, India, 19 December 2001.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Heavy lift vessel, 1 deck, machinery foreward.

Owners:
1966: James Fisher and Sons of Barrow.
2001: Accurate Investments Ltd. for scrapping, renamed NEW GEN.

General History:
KINGSNORTH FISHER was built as one of two roll on roll off Heavy Lift ships for James Fisher and Sons of Barrow. The sistership was the ABERTHAW FISHER built at the Ailsa Ship Building Co. in Glasgow 1966. The KINGSNORTH FISHER was a revited and welded hull. The ABERTHAW FISHER was all welded construction and heavier than the KINGSNORTH FISHER.

Built for transporting heavy loads to the new generation of power stations being built around Britain, hence their Ro-Ro capability. They were managed by James Fisher of Barrow.

KINGSNORTH FISHER was still registered in 2001 belonging to the original owners.

Notes:
Vessels were twin screw connected to two electric motors with one forward thruster.
2 Oil engined, each 4 SA 6 cylinders (325x370 mm), 220 bhp driving 2 generators 610 kW by W. H. Allen & Sons, Bedford.