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DROXFORD
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DROXFORD

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1958
Object NameSALVAGE VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 206 3/6' x breadth 37 1/12' x depth 18 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1302 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000216
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 274
Official number: 300469

Fate: Broken up in early 1980.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Salvage vessel.

Owners:
1958: Risdon Beazley Ltd, Southampton (Manager R. A. Beazley).
1972: Owners now called Risdon Beazley Ulrich Harms Ltd.
1977: Owners now called Risdon Beazley Marine Ltd.

General History:
1958: Sea trial in Aberdeen Bay and to the south 17 April.
1980: by this time she was described as a diving support vessel.
1981: Deleted from Lloyd's Register.

Note: Engine number 344, built by John Lewis.
John Lewis & Sons
7 August 1952
VISION
Alexander HALL & Co.
31 December 1853
ROBIN HOOD
Alexander HALL & Co.
November 1856
BEN STROME
John Lewis & Sons
1962
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
PRINCESS ROYAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1960
Black and White Photograph in album of collier 'Dame Caroline Haslett'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
7 October 1950
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927
WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 January 1964
VENDAVAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 December 1928
AGNES BLAIKIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
GRANITE CITY
Walter Hood & Co.
1853
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1891
HEBDEN
November 1908