BRACONLYNN

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

Date1913

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 2" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 12 9"
Gross Tonnage: 205 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001378

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 492
Official Number: 133635

Fate: Demolished in Rotterdam in 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: trawler, side, screw, steel.

Owners:
11/1913: Don Fishing Co., registered at Aberdeen, A.584.
08/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Ad, No. 86. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun.
1919: Returned to owners.
13/01/1920: The Don Fishing Co’s fleet of 5 vessels sold to a Hull consortium.
1920: S. Allen, Aberdeen.
1923: Sam Robford & Co. Ltd., London.
1926: Robert W. Sutherland, Aberdeen.
05/04/1935: George Walker and others, Aberdeen.
11/1939: Requisitioned as auxiliary patrol vessel.
01/1940: Returned to owners.
09/12/1953: Alexander W. King and others, Aberdeen.
11/05/1954: Robert Bruce, Boddam.
08/10/1954: Andrew King, Aberdeen.

General History:
18/10/1913: Launched. Named by Miss Mearns, daughter of James Mearns, chairman of the owners.
03/08/1914: One of the first three trawlers to leave Aberdeen as requisitioned warships with R.N.R. crews. Sailed for Queensferry.
1928-38: Recorded as line fishing.
27/09/1930: Towed the disabled schooner CARBID into Aberdeen.
21/11/1931: Deckhand F. Olley washed overboard by heavy sea, but caught by skipper Jack Griffiths and heaved back aboard.
28/11/1948: Towed into Aberdeen by FRVIE BRAES with trawl around propeller.
10/1959: The BUCHANS. skipper Bill McLeman lost its gear while fishing, two days later the BROCONLYNN, skippered by his son, recovered it.
16/03/1960: Arrived at Rotterdam under tow by the tug LOIRE, for demolition.

Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 24” stroke, 56 r.h.p., by Alexander Hall.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1433; diameter 12' 9"; length 10' 9"; furnaces 3 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Single screw propeller.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52552&vessel=BRACONLYNN
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar1.htm#b
WW II Service - https://www.worldnavalships.com/naval_trawlers.htm