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2 unusual facts about Gross Register Tonnage


Franz Kieslich

During his career, Franz Kieslich was credited with flying 1078 missions, sinking 10 ships totaling 23,000 BRT, a destroyer and a submarine.

Tonnage

Gross register tonnage (GRT) represents the total internal volume of a vessel, where a register ton is equal to a volume of 100 cubic feet (2.83168 m3), which volume, if filled with fresh water, would weigh around 2,800 kg or 2.8 tonnes.


Joseph Swan

In 1945 the London Power Company commemorated Swan by naming a new 1,554 GRT coastal collier SS Sir Joseph Swan.

River Dart

Large cruise ships are occasional visitors, with the largest visitor to date being the MV Royal Princess (30,277 GRT).

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

In 1932, the London Power Company commemorated Sebastian de Ferranti by naming a new 1,315 GRT coastal collier SS Ferranti.

SS Rushen Castle

Constructed in the yards of Vickers Sons, and Maxim Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness in 1898, Duke of Cornwall had a tonnage of 1724 GRT.


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