LAVENDER
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1941
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190'7" x breadth 33' x depth 14'5"
gross tonnage 810 tons
gross tonnage 810 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001557
Keywords
Yard Number: 671
Subsequent Name: EUGENE VINKE (1947)
Fate: unknown after 1960.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Flower Class Corvette
Owners:
16/05/1941-1946: Royal Navy, pennant no. LK60.
1947: Vinke & Co., Amsterdam.
1958-59: NV Netherlandse Maats. Voor de Walvisvaart.
General History:
30/04/1940: Laid down.
16/05/1941: Commissioned.
1947: Converted to whaler in 1947 and renamed EUGENE VINKE
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 4 cylinders of 18", 31", 38½" and 38½" diameters, 30" stroke. 2 Boilers 16'6" diameter, 12'6" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1908
1907
