ABERDEEN DISTRIBUTOR

BuilderBuilt by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1958

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 6" x breadth 25' 5" x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 281 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001643

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 876
Subsequent Name: RIBAZON MAR PLATENSE (by 1974)

Fate: Scrapped 2007.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler of riveted and welded construction.

Owners:
1958: Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Limited, Aberdeen, fishing number, A211
Later owned by Distributors Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1974: Ribazon S.A. of Mar del Plata, Argentina
2005: Pesquera Celosar S.A. Mar del Plata Argentina.

General History:
ABERDEEN DISTRIBUTOR was one of the first diesel boats in the fleet to replace the old coal burners. ABERDEEN DISTRIBUTOR fished on both sides.

In 1974 ABERDEEN DISTRIBUTOR was sold to Agentina and renamed RIBAZON MAR PLATENSE. She was still working in the 2005 but scrapped a couple of years later

Notes:
Mirrlees KSSDM6 Oil Engine 4SA 6 cylinder 15" x 18", 760 BHP (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)