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Name Official number Flag IMO
SEAMEW    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1928  16/01/1928   
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Gunboat  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow   1527 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 314 tons disp. 160 ft 0 in LBP  27 ft 0 in mld  7 ft 0 in mld  3 ft 9 in 
Engine builder Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Engine detail
2-shaft Brown-Curtis SR geared Turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers - 250 lb/sq.im., oil fuel, 1370shp giving 14 knots. 2 screws in tunnels. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
The Admiralty, London     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
River Gunboat, Tern Class - T.43
Re-erected Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong. 
Remarks
LOA 167 ft 9 in. 
End year Fate / Status
1947  Broken Up 27/08/1947 
Disposal Detail
Sold 27/8/1947 and scrapped at Basra. 
 

 

Seamew West River 1930-31
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Seamew in Hong Kong
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