| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SSAda |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Gourlay Brothers, Dundee |
| Yard number | 216 |
| Launched | 4 April 1905 |
| Out of service | 1934 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 529 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 175.3 feet (53.4 m) |
| Beam | 28.1 feet (8.6 m) |
| Draught | 12.4 feet (3.8 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots |
SSAda was a cargo vessel built for theLondon and South Western Railway in 1905.[1]
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.