PITSTRUAN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1913
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 205 ton
Gross Tonnage: 205 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001379
Keywords
Yard Number: 493.
Fate: Mined off Noss Head Lighthouse, 13 April 1917.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler
Owners:
1913: Ardrossan Trawling Co. Ltd (builder's List)
08/1914: Requisitioned for minesweeping, Admiralty No. 89, Armament 1 x 3 pdr.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 362)
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)
