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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
PORPOISE |
102619 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1893 |
1893 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Coaster
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Burrell & Son, Glasgow |
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30 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
88 grt / 36 nrt / |
66.0 ft |
18.3 ft |
8.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Walker, Henderson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
C.2-cyl. engine by 20hp 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Peter Donald Hendry Glasgow |
Glasgow |
11/09/1893 |
Other names |
1915 UPWARD |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
27/07/1896 John M. Paton and Peter D. Hendry, Glasgow appointed as managers MNL 1900 Glasgow Steam Coasters Co Ltd (Peter D Hendry , manager). 1911: Managers restyled as Hendry, McCallum & Company. 1912 John Kerr, Greenock. 1914 George Speed, Dundee. 1917 Rea Transport Co.Ltd, (Alec L Rea). 1919 Rea Ltd, (Claude Roscorla, manager) Liverpool |
Vessel history |
10/8/1915: Renamed UPWARD – Harbour service only.
1926: Register closed. |
Remarks |
Puffer |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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Unknown |
Disposal Detail |
1926 register closed
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Porpoise
Image courtesy of : Graham Lapin
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