PRINCESS ROYAL

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

DateMarch 1913

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 117 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 213 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001371

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 485
Official Number: 133307
Subsequent Names: PRINCESS ROYAL II (02/1915); JOHN WATTERSTON (1940)

Fate: Scrapped 1957

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1913: Dodds Steam Fishing Co.
09/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper.
1919: Returned to owners.
1940: John S Boyle, Glasgow.
1955/56: Inch Fishing Co. Class expunged non compliance with regulations.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 12'9" diameter, 10'9" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)