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GEORGE COULSTON

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

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

Date1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 212 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001427

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 541.
Subsequent Names: DOONIE BRAES (07/1922).

Fate: Ran ashore in thick mist near Old Man of Hoy 20 April 1955. Attempt made to salvage was not successful.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Non standard Strath class Admiralty trawler, 1 x 12 pdr, 1x 3.5 inch bomb thrower anti-sub howizer.

Owners:
1918: The Admiralty, Admiralty No. 3660
1922: Sold by the Admiralty, then briefly owned in Glasgow. Transferred to Aberdeen under ownership of Miss H. W. Lewis (Pitfodels).
1922: A. King of Aberdeen.
1932: Mrs H. W. Thom, Aberdeen.
1938: G. Walker, Aberdeen, A881
05/1940: Requisitioned in and converted to danlayer (marker buoy layer). Converted to Minesweeper in 1942. Returned to owners in January 1945.
1953: R. Bruce, Aberdeen
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 171)

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)