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Aberdeen City (751) Aberdeen Merchant (752) General Arrangement Deck Plan
ABERDEEN MERCHANT
Aberdeen City (751) Aberdeen Merchant (752) General Arrangement Deck Plan
Aberdeen City (751) Aberdeen Merchant (752) General Arrangement Deck Plan

ABERDEEN MERCHANT

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1957
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength: 115.6' x breadth: 25.5' x depth: 14.4'
gross tonnage: 264 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001638
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 752

Fate: Broken up at Bo'ness, June 1971.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Motor trawler, part electrically welded construction.

Owners:
1957: Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Ltd, Aberdeen (part of John Wood Group), A134. Manager Don Fishing Co. Ltd

General History:
On ABERDEEN MERCHANT'S maiden voyage, which was a 5-day trip to Faroe, she landed 500 boxes under the command of Alex Elder.

ABERDEEN MERCHANT was towed to scrapyard in Bo'ness in 1971. The engine of ABERDEEN MERCHANT was removed prior to be towed to scrapyard in Aberdeen to be reallocated to the stern trawler CLARKWOOD.

Notes:
Engines Mirrlees KSDM6 - 662 BHP (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
June 1872
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 May 1957
ARISTIDES
Walter Hood & Co.
1876
MOUNT EDEN
John Lewis & Sons
31 January 1957
SOLA
4 February 1920
ANN LAW
15 February 1858
CARNAQUHEEN
April 1867
SPEYSIDE
John Lewis & Sons
1 September 1958
Earl Thorfinn (694) General Arrangement Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1928
FAIRY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1842
SUPPLY
Nicol Reid & Co.
1836
ABERGELDIE
DUTHIE
April 1869
ISADALE
John Lewis & Sons
27 December 1971
ARDOE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
DAVID OGILVIE
John Lewis & Sons
1948
James Rowan (840) Under way, running trials
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 October 1955
GLENELG
John Lewis & Sons
1972