ST. BARTHOLOMEW

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

Shipownervessel built for St Andrews Steam Fishing Company Ltd

Date1948

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 177 5/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 613 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001608

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 722
Subsequent Name: ARCTIC BUCCANEER (24/04/1952)

Fate: Scrapped in 1972.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler of rivetted construction.

Owners:
1948: St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co., manager B. A. Parkas, Hull, for deep water trawl fishing at Iceland.
1952: Boyd Line Ltd, Hull.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 15½", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'0" length, 225 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Engine number 434
Later fitted for fuel oil and also supplied with radar and deck plate which were welded, this was new technology at the time, 1948.