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SEAFORTH VISCOUNT
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SEAFORTH VISCOUNT

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date24 April 1982
Object NameOFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 62.5m x breadth 13.67m x depth 5m
Gross Tonnage: 1199 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002669
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 987
Official Number: 701150
Subsequent Names: FAR VISCOUNT (1989); CAPE VISCOUNT (2010)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Offshore supply vessel, 1 deck, forecastle 16.2m, welded construction.

Owners:
1982-89: Seaforth Maritime Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland
1989: Farstad Shipping ASA, Aalesund, Norway,
2005: same owner, registered at Douglas, Isle of Man.
11/05/2010: Owners Cape Offshore, Athens.

General History:
The SEAFORTH VISCOUNT was assembled and launched from the drydock as the yard was in the process of building the covered slipway.

Launched 8 July 1982 by Lady Campbell, wife of Sir Colin Campbell, chairman of James Finlay and of Seaforth Maritime Holdings Ltd.

Notes:
Call Sign: GCRP
Engine: Bergen Diesel 2x6 cylinder RKCM, 3400 bhp - 12 knots
Dim: 62.54 x 13.15 x 6.15 (Deck Area: 38.70 x 10.20)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 June 1982
GRAMPIAN CAIRN
John Lewis & Sons
20 February 1973
EMPIRE RAYMOND
Alexander HALL & Co.
21 January 1946
The cargo vessel Abel Tasman Built by Hall Russell in 1957
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
10 September 1957
Model of St Helena
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
31 October 1990
WILLIAM MANSON
DUTHIE
July 1872
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
ORIONMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 January 1975
PRINCESS ROYAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1960
SOLA
4 February 1920
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 October 1965
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
CENTAURMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 September 1976
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 August 1964
VEGAMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1976
Black and white photograph of the Alex. Hall Built 'Schomberg', mounted on card
Alexander HALL & Co.
5 April 1855
Black & white photograph of 'Sugar Importer'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
5 May 1955
colour slide showing the trawler Spinningdale in Aberdeen harbour
John Lewis & Sons
19 February 1968
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1891
PERSEVERANCE
February 1868
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882