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Image Not Available for Model of ship "Sugar Importer"
Model of ship "Sugar Importer"
Image Not Available for Model of ship "Sugar Importer"

Model of ship "Sugar Importer"

Associated (motor bulk sugar carrier built in 1955)
Associated (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1955
Object NameModel
Mediumwood, glass, metal
ClassificationsShipbuilding
Dimensions144cm x 37cm x 52cm.
AcquisitionPurchased in 2010 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the Friends of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS077299
Keywords
About MeMahogany and glazed display case containing model.

The bulk sugar carrier, Sugar Importer, was yard Number: 847 from Hall Russell’s shipyard.

The ship was launched by Mrs F. H. Tate, wife of a director of Silvertown Services Shipping Ltd. (part of Tate & Lyle) on the 5th May 1955.

Sugar Importer had accommodation for 40 persons, and her regular route was West Indies to London and although sold and renamed several times, the ship continued working until the 1980s.

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