Name: | SIR ALFRED PALMER |
Launched: | 07/1919 |
Completed: | 01/1920 |
Builder: | Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth |
Yard Number: | 504 |
Dimensions: | 133grt, 44nrt, 88.5 x 21.1 x 10.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (15 & 32 x 24ins), 77nhp |
Engines By: | Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142860 |
History: | |
01/1920 | Tyne Improvement Commissioners; registered at Newcastle |
1928 | Towage Syndicate CS, Antwerp |
1930 | Renamed VIKING |
1930 | SARH - SA de Remorquage à Hélice, Antwerp |
1939 | French Navy; renamed COUDON |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Launched as WEST PORT for the Admiralty, but order cancelled |
Purchased incomplete by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth | |
01/1920: Cost £18500 | |
1951: Believed broken up. |
Above photo shows a sister to WEST PORT, the WEST WELL renamed FRANK DIXON