ABERDEEN MERCHANT
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1957
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength: 115.6' x breadth: 25.5' x depth: 14.4'
gross tonnage: 264 ton
gross tonnage: 264 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001638
Keywords
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)
22 June 1872
15 February 1858
April 1867
1874