SISTERS MELVILLE

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

Date1915

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125 1/3' x breadth 23 1/12' x depth 13 3/6'
gross tonnage 260 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001403

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 517.

Fate: Mined and sunk near Aldeburgh, 13 February 1917, while on minesweeping Naval service.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1915: James S. Melville, Aberdeen, A459.
11/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, Admiralty No. 1951.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 442)

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)