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PORTAVOGIE
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PORTAVOGIE

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1934
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 197 1/3' x breadth 30 7/12' x depth 14 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 869 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000078
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 130
Official Number: 163211
Subsequent Names: BALLYKIRK (1952).

Fate: Sold and broken up 1962, in the Netherlands (Source: John Kelly Coal Boats)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel with raised quarterdeck, wireless fitted, machinery aft.

Owners:
1934: John Kelly Ltd, registered at Belfast.
1937: Lady Mary Kelly (Manager W. Clint).
1942: John Kelly Ltd (Manager still W. Clint, then J. G. Christie in 1952 and E. W. P. King in 1962).

General History:
27/09/1934: Builder's certificate issued.

Note: Engines by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., triple expansion, 3 cylinders of 14 1/2", 25" and 41", length of stroke 30"
Engine number 212, boiler no. 176
KELSO PATON
John Lewis & Sons
1956
ANNAGHER
John Lewis & Sons
1923
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrory (903) at Hall Russell
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 November 1962
ANNAGHMORE
John Lewis & Sons
1924
BENTLEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 February 1895
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 April 1911
BRIDGEMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 April 1972
BOSTON METEOR
Alexander HALL & Co.
21 December 1949