WILLIAM MORRISON

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

Object numberABDSHIP001402

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 516.

Fate: Mined and sunk 28 November 1915 while on service as minesweeper.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1915: Pioneer Steam Fishing Company Limited, Aberdeen.
09/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 3 pdr, Admiralty No. 3217.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 522)

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)