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ICEFLOW

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

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

Date1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 8 7/12' x depth 10'
Gross Tonnage: 96 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001432

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 546.
Official Number: 146053.
Subsequent Name: SUNNY BIRD (1923).

Fate: Sold to Belgium for scrap, 1957.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Admiralty drifter, screw, steel.

Owners:
28/06/1918: Commissioned as a minesweeper. Ad. No. 3909. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun.
15/12/1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
05/08/1921: Registered at Lowestoft for commercial sale as ICEFLOE, LT 33.
1921: George McKenzie, Lossiemouth. Registered at Inverness, INS 477.
1923: G. Murray, Buckie, renamed SUNNY BIRD. Registered at Buckie, BCK 68.
1931: Andrew Buchan, Peterhead. Registered at Peterhead, PD 86.
1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, torpedo recovery vessel.
1945: Returned to owners.
23/02/1946: Alexander Aitken Davidson, Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen, A 571.
20/02/1946: Looker Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
06/05/1947: Locarno Fishing Co. Ltd., Lowestoft. Registry transferred to Lowestoft, LT 305.
1957: Sold for demolition.

Notes: The spelling of the name appears to have been changed from ICEFLOW to ICEFLOE at the time of its commercial registration in 1921.
Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 9½” x 15½” x 26” with 18” stroke, 270 i.h.p., 42 r.h.p. by A.H. 9 knots.
Boiler number 1 S.B.
Single screw propellor.

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid "Steam Drifters Recalled".
See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=58221&vessel=ICEFLOE
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#I