| Article number: | 10.11.090 |
The St. Abbs is an ocean-going rescue tug of the "Saint-class rescue tug" that was built for the Admiralty (Royal Navy) during/after the First World War.
Builder: Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd, yard no. 242, Port Glasgow.
Date launched: 17 December 1918. Commissioned (registered) 5 March 1919.
Pennant number: W 02.
Displacement: approx. 465 grt, 860 tons displacement.
Dimensions: length approximately 135.4 ft (≈ 41.3 m), beam approx. 29.1 ft (≈ 8.9 m), draught approx. 13.7 ft (≈ 4.2 m).
Propulsion: 1 propeller, three-cylinder triple-expansion (TE) steam engine, nominal 116 nhp / approx. 1,200 ihp, speed approximately 12 knots.
Armament (design): one 12-pounder gun.
The St. Abbs was initially deployed as a rescue tug and later also as a fleet tug and target towing vessel.
Location: registered in 1934 as based in Portsmouth.
Loss: sunk by German bombing near Dunkirk on 1 June 1940, coordinates approximately 51° 05′ N, 2° 27′ E
The Saint-class was developed because the Royal Navy needed stronger ocean-going rescue tugs during the First World War.
Although the St. Abbs was built in 1918/19, she still served in the Second World War and tragically lost many crew members in the 1940 bombing.
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Drawing number |
10.11.090 |
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Definition |
"St. Abbs"; Admiralty "Saint"-class rescue tug (1919) |
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Quality |
sp/lines; side view; deck plan; details; details at various scales; English text |
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Scale |
1: 48 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Number of sheets A1 |
2 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Total drawing sheets |
2 |
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0 |
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Weight in grams |
105 |
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Details |
loa 91 cm |
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Comments |
Artek 0028 |