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SSAda (1905)

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For other ships with the same name, seeSS Ada.

History
NameSSAda
Operator
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderGourlay Brothers, Dundee
Yard number216
Launched4 April 1905
Out of service1934
FateScrapped 1934
General characteristics
Tonnage529 gross register tons (GRT)
Length175.3 feet (53.4 m)
Beam28.1 feet (8.6 m)
Draught12.4 feet (3.8 m)
Speed12 knots

SSAda was a cargo vessel built for theLondon and South Western Railway in 1905.[1]

History

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The SSAda was built byGourlay Brothers in Dundee and launched on 4 April 1905[2] by Miss Drummond. She was launched only 47 days after the keel was laid, without overtime being worked, and represented a record for the Gourlay shipyard. She was the first of a pair of ships ordered by theLondon and South Western Railway, the other beingBertha. She was built for light cargo traffic between Southampton and the Channel Islands.

She was acquired by theSouthern Railway in 1923.

She was scrapped in 1934.

References

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  1. ^Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968).Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ^"Launch this afternoon".Dundee Evening Post. Dundee. 4 April 1905. Retrieved19 November 2015 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
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