Name: | HERCULES |
Launched: | 06/08/1877 |
Completed: | 1877 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 352 |
Dimensions: | 271grt, 97nrt, 142.2 x 22.1 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | L2cyl (40 & 40 x 66ins), 150nhp; (1891: 2 x C2cyl (23 & 46 x 48ins), 150nhp) |
Engines by: | Thompson & Co, Newcastle; (1891: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd) |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1877 | Adrian David Zur Muhlan, Amsterdam; trading as Firma Zurmühlen, Ijmuiden |
18XX | Paul van Vlissingen, Den Helder; trading as: |
Stoombootreederij voor het Slepen van Schepen aan het Nieuwediep, IJmuiden | |
1919 | Broken up |
Comments: | 09/08/1886: Collided with and sank ram-ship SCHORPIOEN at Amsterdam |
1891: Re-engined by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | |
1914: Served as a research ship for the Dutch Royal Marine | |
1919 Broken up by Frank Rijsdijk at Hendrik Ido Ambacht |
Above photo is courtesy of Jan Zwart