GEORGE H HASTIE

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

DateMay 1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 117 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 228 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001406

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 520.

Fate: Ran aground on the island of Amrum on route to Hamburg, Germany for breaking up 9 December 1958.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1916: R. Hastie & Sons Ltd, North Shields, SN274.
08/1916: Requisitioned for minesweeping, armament 1 x 6 pdr, Admiralty No. 2952.
1919: Returned to owners .
1955-56: Class withdrawn. Owner R. Hastie.
1957: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd. Aberdeen. Manager John A. Lewis.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 181)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 13", 21½" and 35" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 13'3" diameter, 10'3" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)