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Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

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

Date1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 10'
Gross Tonnage: 96 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001439

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 553.
Subsequent Names: MARY WATT (1936); SEA REAPER (1948)

Fate: Scrapped, 30 April 1955.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw Admiralty drifter, 1 x 6 pdr gun.

Owners:
1918-35: Royal Navy.
1936: Sold to Robert W. Watt, Fraserburgh; J. Watt of Sandhaven, registered in Fraserburgh FR217.
1941-46: Requisitioned for war service for harbour duties.
1948: Sold to Ralph W. Strachan and George Strachan of Peterhead, PD396.
1954: Sold to J. Muir, Snr, of Cellardyke, Fife and re-registered in Kirkcaldy KY245.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9½", 15½" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke, 42 HP. Boiler 10'0" diameter, 9'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)