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WATERSHED

Owner Admiralty

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

Date1919

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP001454

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 568.
Subsequent Names: SALVIAN (1921), SANVIE (1923), CONVALLARIA (1924)

Fate: Scrapped 1954.

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

Owners:
1919: Royal Navy.
1920: Handed over to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries for disposal and registered in Lowestoft, LT628.
1921: Sold to Savoy Steam Fishing Company, Grimsby and re-registered in Grimsby GY 1302. Managers Henry C. Baker and John L. Green.
1923: Sold to Havre Peche Co., Havre, France.
1924: Sold to James Ritchie, Gardenstown and others, registered in Banff, BF51.
1926: CONVALLARIA owned by J Ritchie, Banff.
1931: Sold to George H. Catchpole, Lowestoft, re-registered in Lowestoft, LT247.
1934-1938: S. E. Catchpole, Lowestoft. (Mariner's Almanacs)
1938: Sold to J. Ritchie, Gardenstown, re-registered in Banff, BF497.
1939: Owned by E Ritchie, Fraserburgh.
1939: Mrs Jane A. Ritchie, Gardenstown. (Merchant Navy List)
1940-46: Requisitioned for War Service as an auxiliary patrol vessel.
1941-49: Ella Ritchie, Fraserburgh and others. (Olsen's Almanacs)
1948: Sold to R. Sutton, Scarborough, keeping Banff registry.
1951-53: Albert Sutton, Scarborough and others. (Olsen's Almanacs)

Note: Triple expansion engines with 9½", 15" 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)