INCHGARTH

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

Date1917

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120' 2 x breadth 22' 2" x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 225 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001414

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 528
Official Number: 139793
Subsequent Names: STAR OF FREEDOM (1938); RIVER NESS (1946).

Fate: Demolished by Malcolm Brechin, Granton, in 1961.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1917: Garth Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A755.
03/1917: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr, Admiralty No., 3338.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Garth Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
1926: Miss H. Lewis, Aberdeen, A110.
1928: Mrs H. Thom, Aberdeen.
1938: Walkers Steam Trawler Fishing Co. ltd, Aberdeen.
12/1939: Requisitioned in December 1939 and converted to store carrier. Subsequently purchased into the Royal Navy. Based at Longhope, Orkney. In 1943, employed running small mines to Lerwick for use by the Norwegian resistance.
07/1946: Sold to Mercantile, July 1946 to River Ness Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A110.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 211-12)

Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion, 12” x 20” x 34” with 24” stroke, 71 r.h.p. by A. Hall.
Boiler number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1230; furnaces 3 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180;
Single screw propeller.

See also:
History (CS) -
http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.phpyear_built=&builder=&ref=52586&vessel=INCHGARTH
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2008/12/st-inchgarth-fd223/
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#I