SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SLUGA
Type Whaler
Yard Number 886
Launched 20/06/1929
Completed 1929
Off. Number 160665
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 251
Length (feet) 116.0
Beam (feet) 24.2
First owner The South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith
   
History c1937 Regd. Dublin
  c1939 Regd. Jersey
  16/03/1940 - 26/04/1946 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.1773
  1946 Transferred to whaling operations out of Newfoundland
   
Fate 15/07/1947 Beached off Hawke Harbour and abandoned after grounding damage while whaling off Labrador

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