SHAMROCK
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1904
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 12'
gross tonnage: 169 ton
gross tonnage: 169 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001295
Keywords
Yard Number: 409.
Fate: Captured and sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-96 (Heinrich Jeß), 66 miles NNE of Sule Skerry, 2 June 1917. There were no casualties.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler
Owners:
1904-17: John S. Boyle, Glasgow
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 11½", 18" and 31" cylinders, 22" stroke. Boiler 11'6" diameter, 9'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
See also: www.wrecksite.eu
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