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CROMARTY FIRTH
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CROMARTY FIRTH

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1937
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength160 5/12' x breadth 28 1/12' x depth 9 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 538 ton (changed to 471 tons)
Object numberABDSHIP000088
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 141
Official number: 161603
Subsequent Names: HERRIESDALE (1957); GEORGIOS VENTOURIS (1962); MARIA PREKA (1980).

Fate: 1999 deleted from Lloyd's Register as 'existence in doubt'.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel with raised quarterdeck, vessel carried veg. oil in a deep tank, machinery aft.

Owners:
1937: Northern Coasters (G T Gillie & Blair) Ltd, Newcastle
1955: Firth Shipping Ltd.
1957: J. H. Henderson.
1962: Constantinos G. Ventouris, Piraeus, Greece.
1980: Nikolaos Prekes, Piraeus, Greece.

General History:
Launched on 12 January, according to Shipbuilding and Shipping Record.
01/02/1937: Builder's certificate issued..

Note: Engine number E244 (British Auxiliaries Ltd, Glasgow)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 July 1943
VEGAMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1976
NEW GAMECOCK
Alexander HALL & Co.
1 March 1930
KILBURN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
28 May 1918
EMPIRE NED
Alexander HALL & Co.
1942
DOON
DUTHIE
December 1899
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 August 1957
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
HEBDEN
November 1908
ABERDOUR
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1883
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 June 1946
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1889
FOREMOST 83
Alexander HALL & Co.
1931
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Vikdal'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
31 January 1949
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 September 1951
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
30 May 1893
LADY PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 February 1966