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PORTIA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date24 February 1925

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 190.5' x breadth 32.1' x depth 11.7'
gross tonnage 801 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000884

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 464
Official Number: 147311
Subsequent Names: SHETLAND COAST (1945); PORTIA (1946); FAIRFIELD (1950)

Fate: Broken up in the U.K. during the last quarter of 1955.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw steamer, well deck, quarter deck 127 feet, bridge on quarter deck 13 feet, forecastle length 27 feet.

Owners:
1925: South Wales and Liverpool Steam Ship Co. Ltd at 6 Water Street, Liverpool and Managers Robert Gilchrist & Co. at the same address.
1941: Owners address now at 644, India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool.
1943: Coast Lines Ltd, at Royal Liver Buildings, Liverpool.
1949: Michael Murphy (1937) at 22, Eden Quay, Dublin, EIRE.
1952: Zillah Shipping Co. Ltd of 7 Chapel Street, Liverpool, 3 - managed by Coast Lines Ltd.

Note: Triple expansion 3 cylinder steam engine by A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, 186H.P.
2 single ended boilers of 190lb p.s.i.
Fore peak capacity 69 tons
After peak capacity 8 tons