The Archive · 1923

A New Clan Liner

The Ayrshire Dockyard Company

Ld., launched from their yard at Trvine the steel single screw steamer Clan Macfadyen, which they have built for the Clan Line Steamers, Ld. The dimensions of the vessel are:—Length, b.p., 415 ft.; breadth, moulded, 53 ft. 3 in.; depth, moulded to awning decks, 36 ft. Her gross tonnage ig approximately 6,000 tons, and she hag a dead-weight carrying capacity of 9,000 tons. Like the previous vessels built by thig firm for the Clan Line, the Clan Macfadyen is designed generally for their Indian and gpeneral trade, and the accommodation provided for the officers and crew is of the highest class. The propelling machinery, which is designed to give a speed of 12 knots, loaded at sea, will be supplied by Messrs. Dunsmuir and Jackson, Ld., Govan. Both hull and machinery are classed 100 Al at Lloyd's. The launching ceremony was performed by Mrs. J F. Muir of Brace Castle,

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