Abertawe

General properties

IMO number:

5001255

Vessel type:

BLD

Flag:

UK

Manager:

Great Western Railway Co,

Built in:

1947

Shipyard:

Fleming & Ferguson Ltd.

Yard number:

741

Physical properties

Length (BP):

58.83 m

Width:

12.62 m

Depth:

3.05 m

Engine specs:

F&F 2-screws. 2xT3Cyl. (15, 24 & 39 - 24)in. 8.5Knots. Machinery

About this page

Status:

Historical

Timeframe:

1947 - 1987

Review:

Scrapped

Last Updated

5 weeks 5 days ago

About this equipment

Bucket dredger, 953 g.t.
built 1947 by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley for Great Western Railway Co, based at Swansea.
1948 transferred to Britiah Transport Commission on nationalisation of the railway companies.
1949 British Transport Dock Board.
1974 sold to S.A. Italiana Lavori Edili Maritimi, Naples renamed SANTA TERESA. 1992 still in service

see for photo's website: www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Dredging