Category:Vital Spark (ship, 1944)
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| Built by | S & D Brown of Hull |
| Completion date | 1944 |
| Length overall | 20.36 m (22.3 yd) |
| Beam | 5.6 m (6.1 yd) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (3.8 yd) |
| Gross tonnage | 132 |
| Net tonnage | 41 |
History
- Construction: Steel Hull with Diesel Engine, one of the last puffers to have a loadline certificate to carry cargo.
[edit] History
- 1944 Named: ELDESA as VIC 72 ship for the Navy (VIC - Victualling Inshore Craft (Victual meaning Supplies))
- 1984 Renamed: EILEAN EISDEAL, Operated by The Easdale Shipping Company, mainly out of Ayr harbour.
- 1994 Out of service
- 2001 Maritime Exhibit at Inveraray Pier
- 2005 Sold to Inveraray Maritime Experience with plans well underway to preserve her.
- 2006 Renamed: VITAL SPARK OF GLASGOW Named after the stories written by the Inveraray writer Neil Munro who wrote about 'Para Handy', skipper of the puffer, the 'Vital Spark'. Flag: United Kingdom
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