ANN FORD MELVILLE

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

Date1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 117' 3" x breadth 22' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 211 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001351

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 465.
Subsequent Names: STAR OF FREEDOM (1923); SHELBURN (1933);

Fate: Broken up in U.K. 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1911: James S. Melville, Aberdeen, A365.
04/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. Admiralty number 1347.
1919: Returned to owners.
1923: Walker Steam Trawler Fishing Co, Ltd.
1933: D. Wood and T. Flett, Aberdeen.
03/1944: Requisitioned.
10/1944: Returned to owners.
1944: Westenborg Trawlers Ltd., Milford (H. Westenborg manager).
1949: Lewis, Wilcox & Co., registered at Milford.
1951: J. C. Llewellin Trawlers Ltd, Milford.
Source: (Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 17)

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)