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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ABERTAY |
90904 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1888 |
13/07/1888 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
William Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew |
London Works |
258 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1028 grt / 635 nrt / |
221.0 ft |
33.1 ft |
12.9 ft |
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Engine builder |
William Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (17, 27, 44 x 30in) 106nhp 750ihp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
A. & A. Y. Mackay, Grangemouth |
Grangemouth |
02/08/1888 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1897 J. P. Turnbull, Glasgow 1903 Société Bois et Charbons - mng F Le Brise & Co, Lorient |
Vessel history |
10/10/1892 sank after a collision with HMS IRON DUKE between the centre piers of the Forth Railway Bridge on passage Grangemouth for Rostock with coal, refloated, sold and repaired 1894, 1895, 1896 & 1897 out of Lloyd's Registers |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1912 |
Wrecked 14/10/1912 |
Disposal Detail |
14/10/1912 wrecked in Boskenna Bay near Penzance on passage Lorient for Barry with pitwood. |
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Abertay on the righ wrecked with South America
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