Name |
ALASTAIR |
Construction |
STEEL |
Type |
SCREW STEAMER |
Date |
1902 |
Official Number |
115573 |
Description |
Rig: Ketch Owner: Alexander Gray & Adam Maitland Managers (and owners 1912-15): J. & W. Henderson Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives): Registered 15 September 1902 One deck, 3 masts 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. Original Owners: Alexander Gray & Adam Maitland, Slate Merchants, Aberdeen (64 shares jointly). Designated Managers (and owners May 1812 - 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). 06/11/1915: Ship sunk by 2 German mines off Southwold. Larne, 'Shipwreck Index of British Isles': 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. Lloyd's Register of Shipping: 1910-11: Master B. Williams (since 1907); Port of Survey, May 1909, Bangor, North Wales. Well deck, machinery aft. 1914-15: Survey Bangor, July 1913. |
Shipbuilder |
DUTHIE |
Dimensions |
length 145.2' x breadth 24.3' x depth 11.3' gross tonnage 366 tons |
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