ROSE

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

Date1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 121 1/3' x breadth 22 5/12' x depth 12 5/6'
Gross Tonnage: 218 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001350

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 464.
Official Number (IMO): 129540.
Subsequent Names: ROSE IV (05/1915); ROSETTE (1940); ROSE (1946).

Fate: Scrapped in 1952

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1911: John S. Boyle, Glasgow.
04/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. Fitted with Listening Hydrophones.
1919: Returned to owners.
03/1940: Requisitioned and converted to D/L (a 'Dan Layer', a ship which followed a minesweeper laying 'dans' or buoys to mark the swept passage). Converted to minesweeper.
11/1945: Returned to owners.
1948: Newhaven Trawler Co. Ltd, Granton.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 33" cylinders, 23" stroke. Boiler 12'6" diameter, 10'3" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)