OCEAN LUX

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 numberABDSHIP001514

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 628
Official Number: 161632
Subsequent Name: DEELUX (1956)

Fate: Demolished in 1975 by T. W. Ward Ltd., Briton Ferry.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter, then trawler (side), steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
05/1930: Bloomfields Ltd, Yarmouth, Registered at Yarmouth, YH 84.
1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Pennant No., FY 1503.
09/1945: Returned to owners.
1956: Owners William Henry Kerr, Ship Chandlers, Docks, Milford. Registered at Great Yarmouth. Converted to trawling. Renamed DEELUX.
01/06/1973: Owners taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd., Hull.
31/05/1974: Owners Powell Construction Ltd., Cowbridge, Glamorgan. Registered at Yarmouth.

General History:
Sister to and twin launch with, Yard No. 627, OCEAN VIM
31/10/1969: In collision with the drilling rig DEM 1 while leaving Milford. Returned for survey.
1975: While under tow for demolition at Swansea by the LORD RODNEY, broke adrift and assistance from Tenby lifeboat was requested.
11/02/1975: Arrived at Briton Ferry for demolition.

Notes: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 10” x 16½” x 27” with 20” stroke, 69 r.h.p. by Alexander Hall.
Boiler: one single boiler; diameter 10' 6"; length 10' 6";
Single screw propeller.

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

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52644&vessel=OCEAN+LUX
History (LL) - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/deelux.htm
WW II Service (BC) - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm