ROBERT SMITH
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1915
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 211 ton
Gross Tonnage: 211 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001401
Keywords
Yard Number: 515.
Fate: Disappeared 20 July 1917. German documents show that she was gunned down by the German submarine (U-boat) U 44.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler
Owners:
1915: Aberdeen Pioneer Steam Fishing Company Limited, A349
07/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 396)
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)
See: http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7394.html [Thanks to Michael Lowrey for details]
