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Name: SIR WILLIAM HOY
Launched: 28/11/1928
Completed: 03/1929
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 1045
Dimensions: 786grt, 294nrt, 171.3 x 34.7 x 16.6ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (19, 31 & 52 x 36ins), 534nhp, 3500ihp, 11kts, 32tbp
Engines By: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Low Walker
Propulsion: 2 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 150211
History:
03/1929 Union Government of South Africa (Railways & Harbours Administration), Durban
1982 Broken up Durban
Comments: 1980: Laid up at Durban for possible conservation as a museum


Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes

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Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

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