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Name: ARAL
Type: Tanker
Launched: 29/07/1891
Completed: 09/1891
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 577
Dimensions: 2826grt, 2160nrt, 310 x 40.2 x 28.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35, 58 x 42ins), 218nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99312
History:
09/1891 Aral Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co ), Liverpool
1898 Rover Shipping Co Ltd (Hamilton, Fraser & Co), Liverpool
1908 Aral Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool
29/08/1929 Broken up
Comments: One of the earliest designs of engines placed aft rather than midships
29/08/1929: Broken up at Inverkeithing by TW Ward