OCEAN LIFEBUOY

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

Date9 May 1929

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 94 3/12' x breadth 20 1/12' x depth 10 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 131 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001502

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 616
Official Number: 161629
Subsequent Name: DEELIGHT (1956)

Fate: Demolished in 1973 by Thos. W. Ward Ltd., Briton Ferry.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: drifter/trawler (side), screw, steel.

Owners:
06/06/1929: Bloomfield Limited, Great Yarmouth, registered at Yarmouth, YH 29.
11/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Pennant No. FY 1504.
01/1946: Returned to owners.
31/12/1954: Owners William Henry Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd., Milford Haven.
25/11/1955: Notice of intention to change vessel’s name to DEELIGHT. PoR Yarmouth.
08/03/1956: Re-registered at Yarmouth as DEELIGHT, YH 29.
07/1973: Sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd., Sheffield for demolition.

General History:
Sister to and twin launch with Yard No. 615, OCEAN SUNLIGHT.
09/05/1929: Launched. Both vessels named by Miss Mackay, sister of the owner’s M.D.
14/06/1929: Sailed from Aberdeen for Lerwick.
07/12/1935: Taken into Calais accused of infringing French territorial waters.
17/10/1971: Towed back to Milford from the Irish coast by the PICTON SEA LION after suffering engine breakdown.
23/07/1973: Left Milford for breaking up at Briton Ferry under tow by the WILLING BOYS.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 10” x 16½” x 27” with 20” stroke, 39 r.h.p. by A.H.
Boiler: 1 single boiler; diameter 10' 6"; length 10' 6"; pressure (p.s.i.) 200
Propeller: Single screw, 4-bladed, solid.

1958: Converted to motor at Richards Iron Works Ltd., Lowestoft.
Fitted with 2 stroke, single acting, 5-cylinder, 10½” x 13½”, 360 b.h.p. engine by Crossley Brothers Ltd., Manchester.

see also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52632&vessel=OCEAN+LIFEBUOY
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2009/01/st-ocean-lifebuoy-yh729/
History (LL) - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/deelite.htm
WW II Service (BC) - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm