CONTROLLER

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

DateJuly 1913

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 200 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001374

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 488.

Fate: Broken up in UK, 1952.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1913: T. L. Devlin, Granton, GN79.
08/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper.
1919: Returned to owners.
1937: North Star Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A208 (J. A. Harrow).
01/1940: Requisitioned and converted to Dan Layer (bouy layer).
1942: Converted to Barrage Balloon Vessel.
04/1944: Converted to an Esso (fuel carrier).
09/1944: Returned to owners.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 100)
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 34" 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)