HEUGH

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

DateNovember 1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 5" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 14' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 200 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001393

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 507
Official Number: 137104
Subsequent Name: VIKING HONOUR (1946).

Fate: Demolished in 1960 by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd., Rosyth.

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

Owners:
23/12/1914: Heugh S.T Co. Ltd/ John Graham & Sons, Hartlepool, registered at Hartlepool, HL 64.
05/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Ad. No. 1480. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun.
1919: Returned to owners.
1940: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
19/12/1940: Alexander and John Bruce, Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen, A 180.
23/06/1944: George Robb & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen.

General History:
17/11/1914: Launched. Named by Mrs Brewster, daughter of the owner.
18/01/1915: Arrived at Hartlepool with maiden catch.
24/07/1930: Towed a distressed Finnish auxiliary schooner JOHANNES into Hartlepool.
12/1930: Damaged by heavy seas.
19/01/1932: Arrived at Aberdeen towing the disabled Norwegian cargo steamer MONS.
27/03/1946: Renamed VIKING HONOUR.
04/11/1951: David Hossack (58) deckhand, Plymouth died at sea of natural causes. Body returned to Aberdeen.
12/01/1959: Arrived off Aberdeen under tow by the AVONDOW, after losing its funnel and being disabled.
24/02/1960: Skipper George William Smith, fined £4 for taking the trawler into Aberdeen when the port was closed.
15/02/1960: Arrived at Rosyth for demolition.

Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 24” stroke, 78 r.h.p.
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.
Heugh, an area of Hartlepool and the location of the Heugh Battery, a museum and site of the only WW I battlefield in the U.K. where the battery engaged the German Navy when it bombarded Hartlepool on the 16 December 1914.

See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52565&vessel=HEUGH
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#H