ALBATROSS

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateFebruary 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120' x breadth 21' 6" x depth 12' 4"
gross tonnage: 220 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001305

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 419.

Subsequent Names: ALBATROSS II (1915); ALBATROSS (1919); CRISABELLE STEPHEN (1930)

Fate: Stranded near Aberdeen, refloated, taken in tow but capsized and sank, 16 January 1939.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1906: Chant & Paddon, Plymouth, registery number PH17.
11/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. Admiralty number 919.
1919: Returned to owners
1918-19: A. A. Andrews (J. Taylor Manager), registered Plymouth.
1920: C. W. Barratt, Fleetwood
1920: Swan Trawlers Ltd, registered Fleetwood.
1925: H. Silven, registered at Saffle, Sweden.
1930: Stephen Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, registery number A374.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 33" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 12' diameter, 10'3" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)