STRONSA FIRTH
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1925
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 160 5/12' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12'
gross tonnage: 491 ton
gross tonnage: 491 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000030
Keywords
Yard Number: 81
Official Number: 144827
Fate: Missing in the North Sea, 28 November 1944.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Coaster with raised quarter deck 92 feet long, bridge deck 11 feet long, and forecastle 24 feet long. Cellular double bottom of 114 tons capacity. Fore peak tank of 33 tons capacity, after peak tank of 14 tons capacity. Cargo battens not fitted in the cargo hold.
Owners:
1925-40: Firth Shipping Co., Newcastle on Tyne, 109 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Managers being G.T. Gillies & Blair Ltd of the same address and managers of Border
General History:
01/09/1925: Builder's certificate issued.
03/09/1925: Trial run, average speed 10.5 knots, completed the same day.
dated 1 September 1925.
On a voyage from King's Lynn to Leith with a cargo of barley left King's Lynn on 26 November 1944 - was seen off Whitby on 28 November and not heard of since then.
Vessel marked in Lewis engine book as 'lost' but no further details given.
Note: Triple Expansion 3 cylinder steam engine 66 H.P. Engine number 177.
1 single ended boiler of 180lb p.s.i. Boiler no. 134.
(Lloyd's Register of Shipping)
15 February 1858
1825
