BEN LEDI
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1898
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 103' x breadth 20 1/6' x depth 11 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 148 tons (reported elsewhere as 192 tons)
Gross Tonnage: 148 tons (reported elsewhere as 192 tons)
Object numberABDSHIP001256
Keywords
Yard Number: 369
Official Number: 108652
Fate: Broken up in 1931.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Single deck steel screw trawler.
Owners:
1898: North British Steam Fishing Co., Aberdeen, fishing number, A847
1908: T. Davidson, Aberdeen.
1918: Requisitioned.
1919: Returned to owners (T. Davidson).
Masters:
1901: Master J. Bracewell
1919: Master A. F. Wood
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 11½", 18" and 31" cylinders, 21" stroke. Boiler 10'6" diameter, 9'1½" length, 160 lb. pressure. (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1900
