SANSERIT

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

Date31 August 1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 212 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001410

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 524.
Official Number: 139925
Subsequent Name: VIKING ENTERPRISE (1947).

Fate: Scrapped 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side, screw, steel.

Owners:
24/11/1916: W. H. Beeley. registered at Grimsby, GY 996.
02/1917: Requisitioned by Admiralty, as a minesweeper. Ad. No. 2997. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. A.A. gun.
1918: Owners Charles H. George, Caister-on-Sea.
1919: Returned to owners.
1919: Registered at Yarmouth, YH ??.
1920: Alexander Main, D. Wood and others, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 404.
1930: Alexander Bruce and others, Aberdeen.
1947: Gorge Robb & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen. Renamed VIKING ENTERPRISE.

General History:
08/12/1926: Brothers swept overboard and lost south of Sumburgh.Peter Cowie (45) mate, 39 Morven Place, Aberdeen. Alexander Cowie (47) deckhand, 31 Gordon Street, Buckie.
01/05/1930: Ran ashore on May Island, Firth of Forth and refloated in an hour.
13/02/1942: Stranded midway between Scrabster and Thurso.
10/08/1950: Collided with and holed the Banff vessel FAITHFUL in Aberdeen harbour.
1960: Broken up.

Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 24” stroke, 78 r.h.p., by A.H.
Boiler number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1433; diameter 12' 9"; length 10' 9"; furnaces 3 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i) 180
Single screw propellor.

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&builder=&builder_eng=&year_built=&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&propulsion=&category=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&ref=52582&vessel=SANSERIT
History (DST) - https://www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk/index.php/2020/07/29/sanserit-gy-996/
Canmore (CN) - https://canmore.org.uk/site/325271/sanserit
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#S