VASCO DA GAMA

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

Date1910

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125 1/3' x breadth 22 5/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 264 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001348

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 462
Subsequent Name: FERN DEA (1920).

Fate: Scrapped 1937/38.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1910: W. H. Dodds, Aberdeen, A260.
05/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper.
1919: Returned to owners. Sold by W. H. Dodds, Aberdeen, to Equitable Steam Fishing Co., Grimsby.
1926: Clove Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1927: North Star Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Aberdeen, A946.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12½", 21" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'6" diameter, 10'3" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)