Foundation Franklin
SS Foundation Franklin was a seagoing salvage tug built for the Royal Navy as HMS Frisky in 1918. In 1924, the tugboat was sold and renamed Gustavo Ipland before being acquired in 1930 by Foundation Maritime and renamed Foundation Franklin. The tugboat became famous for many daring salvage operations and rescues between 1930–1949. Her many rescues and salvage triumphs were celebrated in Farley Mowat's book The Grey Seas Under. In 1948, the ship was damaged in a hurricane and not considered repairable. The tug was broken up for scrap in 1949 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Foundation Franklin
SS Foundation Franklin was a seagoing salvage tug built for the Royal Navy as HMS Frisky in 1918. In 1924, the tugboat was sold and renamed Gustavo Ipland before being acquired in 1930 by Foundation Maritime and renamed Foundation Franklin. The tugboat became famous for many daring salvage operations and rescues between 1930–1949. Her many rescues and salvage triumphs were celebrated in Farley Mowat's book The Grey Seas Under. In 1948, the ship was damaged in a hurricane and not considered repairable. The tug was broken up for scrap in 1949 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Broken upfor scrap 14 April 1949
Sold for commercial service 1924
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John Lewis and Sons Shipbuilding, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Foundation Franklin before Wor ...... y visible on the twin funnels.
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August 1918
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United Kingdom
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Sold for commercial service 1924
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* Frisky
* Gustavo Ipland
* Foundation Franklin
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Frisky
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* Ipland family
* Foundation Maritime
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Triple expansion steam engine,
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* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Montreal, Canada
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SS Foundation Franklin was a s ...... 1949 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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* Foundation Franklin (1930–1949)
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