THOMAS SUTTON

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

Date1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 210 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001405

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 519.
Subsequent Name: CRAIGIELEA (1922).

Fate: Scrapped 1957.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1916: A. Sutton, Hartlepool, HL80.
05/1916: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr, Admiralty No. 3276.
1919: Returned to owners.
02/1922: Sold by the Sutton Co. to George Robb and George Robb Junior, Torry, A822.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 483)

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)