by magoonigal » Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:59 pm
From our friends on the Clyde.
Built in 1961 she had a Steam Engine and Four Steam powered Grabs...........how traditional is that!!
I just find it incredable that the PLA was still ordering Steam Vessels in 1961.
ss LONG REACH
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built by Fleming & Ferguson Paisley,
Yard No 796
Engines by shipbuilder
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Last Name: ANNA D. (1974)
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: 2 x T3cy 1900ihp 2sc 11.5 knots machy aft ................ reengined 1974: 2 x M8cy 4SA 1398kW 1900bhp Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln SBA8M528
Launched: Tuesday, 21/03/1961
Built: 1961
Ship Type: Grab Hopper Dredger
Tonnage: 1972grt 847nrt 2194dwt
Length: 263 feet 9
Breadth: 47 feet 5
Draught: 15 feet 0
Owner History:
Port of London Authority
1974 Societa Anonima Italiana Lavori Edili Marittimi SpA (SAILEM), Palermo
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 14/09/2001
Remarks:
Completed: August 1961
broken up at Aliaga, Turkey
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