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)
1915
