WHITEHORSES

Shipownervessel built for 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 numberABDSHIP001455

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 569
Official Number: 144782
Subsequent Names: BENACHIE (1920); SCARLET THREAD (after 1934).

Fate: Scrapped October 1952.

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

Owners:
29/10/1919: Royal Navy. Completed as a fishing vessel. Admiralty No. 4128.
30/04/1920: Transferred to the Fishery Board for Scotland for commercial disposal.
02/09/1920: Owners Alexander King, Torry, Aberdeen. Renamed BENACHIE. Registered at Aberdeen, A 301.
1924: Owners Joseph Watt V.C., James Mitchell Lovie, Andrew Ritchie Noble, William Paterson Sim and George Noble, Fraserburgh. Registered at Fraserburgh, FR 15.
1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty.
15/01/1944: Owners Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen, A 568.
1945: Returned to owners.
28/03/1952: John Robertson Cameron, Peterhead.
31/09/1952: Registry closed, vessel broken up.

General History:
08/02/1923: Trawler CALEDONIA sinking in Torry Dock fouls BENACHIE with its mast, which has to be chopped free.
22/09/1925: First vessel slipped on the new patent slip at Fraserburgh. The skipper of the BENACHIE was Joe Watt V.C.

Notes: 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.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Single screw propellor.

Notes:
Reports indicate that this vessel operated as a trawler for a considerable part of its career.
With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid "Steam Drifters Recalled":
See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=58285&vessel=WHITEHORSES
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#W