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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
ABBOTSGRANGE
303544
GBR
6622525
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1967
17/10/1967
Vessel type
Vessel description
Dredger Suction Hopper
Steel Diesel-electric
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Newark
447
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
1863 grt / 771 nrt /
250.1 ft
48.6 ft
16.0 ft
Engine builder
Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester
Engine detail
2 Vee oil engines,4SA. 16Cyl. 4024bhp driving 2 generators each 1200Kw, 730v. connected to 2 electric motors each 1100shp. Machinery aft.
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
British Transport Docks Board
Grangemouth
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
1968 Forth Ports.
2002 Tuskar Shipping, Gibraltar but Panama flag.
2002 Fastnet Shipping.
2004 Bilberry Shipping Ireland.
2004 Arabian Dredging Co. Bahrain. Registered Manama.
Vessel history
Side suction hopper dredger. Launched as FORTH
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
Unknown
Disposal Detail
ABBOTSGRANGE
Image courtesy of : Ferguson Marine Archives
from Clydesite
Image courtesy of : John Forsyth
from Clydesie
Image courtesy of : Dave Waller
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