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WILLIAM CASTLE

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

Owner Admiralty

Date18 October 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 223 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001423

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 537.

Fate: Wrecked 19 October 1928. 10pm. Master was William Hodgins. Bound from Dublin to Ayr. Lost at North Side of Salt Pans Bay.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Non standard Strath class Admiralty trawler, 1 x 12 pdr.

Owners:
1917: The Admiralty
1923: P Fannon, Aberdeen, A856.
1926: Trawlers (Ireland) Ltd, Dublin.
1927: Dublin Tr. Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd, Dublin.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 191)

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)