Sligo

Vessel name on Arrival: Ulster Drover

Original Builder: Vickers (Ireland) of Dublin

Original Yard No: 146

Official Number: 152236

Vessel Type: coaster

GRT: 891

Year Built: 1930

Arrival Date: 09/11/1959

Breakup Started: 27/01/1960

Date First Beached: 28/03/1960

Date Breakup Completed: 01/05/1960

Draught For’d: 9' 2"

Draught Aft: 12' 10"

Name Changes:

 

1930  :   SLIGO for the Sligo S. N. Company of Sligo

1936  :   LAIRDSDALE for Burns & Laird Lines Limited

1954  :   ULSTER DROVER for Belfast S. S. Company Limited

Other Information:

 

Twin-screw coastal cargo steamship built on the LIffety, Dublin by Dublin Vickers

 

29-07-1930  :   Launched

Decb. 1930  :   Completed

 

Dimensions  :   67.4 metres  x  10.8 metres

 

Propulsion  :   Triple Expansion Steam Reciprocating Engine providing a speed of 10.5 knots