ALASTAIR

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1902

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 145.2' x breadth 24.3' x depth 11.3'
gross tonnage 366 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000659

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.

Fate: Ship sunk by 2 German mines off Southwold, 6 November 1915.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo steamer with ketch rig, one deck, 3 masts, well deck, machinery aft.

Owners:
15/09/1902: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Gray & Adam Maitland, slate merchants, Aberdeen (64 shares jointly).
Designated Managers (and owners May 1912 - September 1915) J. & W. Henderson Ltd., Upper Quarry and Market Street, Aberdeen.
28/09/1915: Henderson's 64 shares - William John Duncan and William Alexander Leith, Market Street, Aberdeen, shipowners (jointly).
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1907-11: Master B. Williams.

General History:
Detonated 2 German mines on voyage London-Tyne with cargo of burnt ore (Master T. G. Auld). Sank so rapidly no time to launch lifeboat - 7 men lost including master, 3 saved by other vessels.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3)

Engines: 1 set of 3 triple expansion direct acting vertical inverted cylinder, 71 W.H.P., 10 knots, by Clyne Mitchell & Co., Aberdeen;
Boiler by Joseph T. E. Ettringham, South Shields.
Port of Survey, May 1909, Bangor, North Wales.
1914-15: Survey Bangor, July 1913.