GAVA

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

Date1920

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125 1/3' x breadth 23 1/12' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 257 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001465

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 579.

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd’s 1961

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler

Owners:
1920: New Docks Steam Trawling Co.
1939: Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
1949: Stroud Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A676.

GAVA was a steam fishing vessel built for New Docks Steam Trawling Co. (Fleetwood) by A. Hall & Co. GAVA was fitted with electric lights, a luxury in those days. In 1939 the ship is listed under new owners as Clifton Steam Trawlers, Fleetwood until 1949, when it became under owners Stroud Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen).

Note: Triple expansion engines with 13", 22" and 36" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 13'6" diameter, 10'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)