General Cargo, Coastal Steam Ship Boer, (Official Number: 168673), owned and operated by J. J. Hay and Sons Limited, Kirkintilloch, is seen here, at Rothesay, Isle of Bute, in 1962.
Details as follows:-
General Cargo, Coastal Steam Ship Boer, launched, 1941, to yard number 59, by J. J. Hay and Sons Limited, Kirkintilloch, Forth and Clyde Canal, and completed and delivered, same year, for their own use; Gross Registered Tonnage: 96; Dead Weight Tonnage: 140; 20.24 x 5.33 x 0.49 (draught forward) x 2.01 (draught aft); powered by 1 x two-cylinder, 60 I.H.P., compound, steam-engine, manufactured by McKie and Baxter Limited, Copland Works, Paisley; single shaft, 1 screw, machinery aft, speed: 5.5 knots.
Launched, 1941, by J. J. Hay and Sons Limited, Kirkintilloch, Forth and Clyde Canal, and completed and delivered, same year, for their own use; arrived, 16/12/1964, at West of Scotland Shipbreaking Yard, Troon, for demolition; beached, 22/12/1964, at Troon, for demolition; demolition commenced, 07/01/1965; demolition completed, 12/03/1965.
In 1954, S.S. Boer and sister-vessel, S.S. Inca, were used in some of the scenes for the Ealing Cinema film, 'The Maggie'.
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