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Ocean Mist
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: The Cruise Ship. (non-member)
Area: Leith Docks (UK).
HULLYacht
Built 1919 by G. Brown & Co. Ltd. at Greenock.
LOA: 125' 6", Beam: 23' 6", Draft: 9' 2", Displacement: 383 gross tons.
Riveted steel
No.116. Counter stern, white.
ENGINETriple Expansion, 12½" + 21" + 35" x 26".
Built 1919 by McKie & Baxter Ltd. at Paisley.
No.911. 110 rpm, 500 IHP.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1919 by Lindsay Burnet & Co. at Govan.
Pressure: 180 psi, Grate: 50 sqft, Heating Area: 1619 sqft.
13' 6"dia x 10' 6" long.
PROP4 blades, 9' 6" x 11'.
HISTORYBuilt on lines of trawler, originally named SAMUEL GREEN, later OCEAN ROVER and ARIES. Given present name c1950. Various owners.
Acquired by present owners c1985, taken to Inverness, machinery overhauled, steamed to Leith, 1987. Used as a restaurant.
Apparantly abandoned 2004
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