History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | The Aberfoyle |
Owner | Lough Swilly Steamboat Co |
Builder | Philip & Son, Dartmouth |
Yard number | 407 |
Launched | 1912 |
Out of service | sold 1920 |
Identification | Official Number 121359 |
United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Owner | Royal Navy |
Acquired | 4 November 1920 |
Out of service | 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passenger ferry, later naval tender |
Tonnage | 100 GRT |
Displacement | 210 tons |
Length | 100.0 ft (30.5 m) p/p |
Beam | 19.0 ft (5.8 m) |
Depth | 7.1 ft (2.2 m) |
HMS Aberfoyle was a tender of the Royal Navy. The vessel was built in 1912 in Dartmouth as The Aberfoyle[a] for passenger service across Lough Swilly, Ireland by the Lough Swilly Steamboat Company. She was sold to the Admiralty for use as a tender in 1920, and was later deployed at HMS Dolphin, the submarine base at Gosport, taking that name. She was disposed of in 1947.
The ship was built by Philip & Son, Kingswear, Dartmouth Harbour, Devon, England, as Yard No.407 for the Lough Swilly Steamboat Company, based in Derry under the management of John McFarland, and initially named The Aberfoyle.[1] She measured 100 GRT and 58 NRT and was 100.0 ft (30.5 m) in length between perpendiculars, 19.0 ft (5.8 m) in beam, 7.1 ft (2.2 m) in depth,[1] and a draught of only 4.5 ft (1.4 m).[2] The Aberfoyle had twin screws, powered by two compound steam engines made by the shipbuilder, totalling 34 nhp or 250 ihp and giving her a service speed of 9 knots (17 km/h); steam was supplied by a single fire-tube boiler operating at 130 psi.[1][3]
The Aberfoyle arrived in Lough Swilly, County Donegal, via Derry, in October 1912 to enter passenger service between Fahan and Rathmullen.[3][4] Her licensed capacity was 408 passengers.[3] She was registered at the Port of Londonderry with British Official Number 121359.[5]
In October 1920, enroute from Derry to the River Thames the shallow-draught vessel ran into a severe gale in the Irish Sea and, developing engine trouble, was forced to put in to Dublin for repairs.[2]