OCEAN VIM

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

Date1 May 1930

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 94 3/12' x breadth 20 1/12' x depth 10 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 125 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001513

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 627
Official Number: 161633
Subsequent Name: SALLY MCCABE (1955)

Fate: Demolished in 1976 by Thos. W. Ward Ltd., Briton Ferry.

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

Owners:
28/05/1930: Registered at Yarmouth, YH 88.
07/09/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Pennant No. FY 951. Could not accommodate drum for LL sweep. Stood down.
11/1939: Re-requisitioned for miscellaneous naval duties. Armament, 2 x .303 Hotchkiss A.A. machine guns.
03/1946: Returned to owners.
31/12/1954: Milford Haven Coal Supplies Ltd., Milford. PoR Yarmouth.
25/11/1955: Application to rename vessel OCEAN VIM as SALLY MCCABE.
02/05/1957: East Briton Fishing Co. Ltd., Milford. PoR Yarmouth.
06/02/1970: Owners to cease operations. Vessel laid up for sale.
13/03/1970: Hubert Jones Trawlers Ltd., Swansea. PoR Yarmouth.

General History:
Sister to and twin launch with, Yard No. 628, OCEAN LUX.
References to this vessel being named HOSANNA circa 1955, appear to stem from an incorrect entry in Lloyds Register, corrected in 1957 – 1958 edition.
31/10/1970: Second Engineer John Edward Norman (27), or Hakin, lost overboard.
1976: Arrived at Briton Ferry under tow by the JADE STAR GYPSY.

Notes: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 10” x 16½” x 27” with 20” stroke, 69 r.h.p. by A.H.
Boiler: 1 single boiler; diameter 10' 6"; length 10' 6"; pressure (p.s.i.) 200
Single screw propeller.

23/07/1958: Left the yard of Richards Iron Works Ltd., Lowestoft, for trials after conversion to motor. 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=52643&vessel=OCEAN+VIM
History (LL) - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/sally_mccabe.htm
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2010/04/s-t-ocean-vim-yh88/
WW II Service (BC) - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm