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

Date1917

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120 5/6' x breadth 22 3/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 225 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001415

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 529.
Subsequent Names: CORIOLANUS (1933); CRAFTSMAN (1940).

Fate: Scrapped in 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1917: R. W. Lewis, Aberdeen, A754.
05/1917: Requisitioned, armament 1 x 6 pdr, Admiralty No. 1267.
1919: returned to owners.
1920: Scarisbrick Steam Trawler Ltd Fleetwood. Owned later by Sam Robford & Co. Ltd, Aberdeen. 1927: W. A. Mackie, Aberdeen (A62).
1933: T. L. Devlin, Granton, GN40.
08/1940: Requisitioned as CORIOLANUS and converted to minesweeper. Renamed CRAFTSMAN in December 1940.
10/1944: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 495)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 12", 20" and 34" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 12'6" diameter, 10'3" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)