JOHN BROWN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1894
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 102 3/12' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 11'
Gross Tonnage: 161 ton
Gross Tonnage: 161 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001924
Keywords
Yard Number: 281
Official Number: 99655
Subsequent Names: GLENCLOVA (1906), GLEN CLOVA (1922)
Fate: scrapped August 1930
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, 1 deck.
Owners:
1894: Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company
1898: John Brown & Son, Aberdeen
06/1906: John S. Bole, Glasgow.
05/1917 to 1919: requisitioned into Fishery Reserve
08/1922: North Star Fishing, Aberdeen.
Masters:
1894: Master W. Weatherly
General History:
05/1894: trial trip
07/1895: sailed on 12 day cruise by owners to Norway and Sweden
07/1896: towed the disabled steam trawler COASTGUARD (engine failure) to Aberdeen, from 20 miles ENE of Aberdeen
07/1897: arrived in Aberdeen after two week cruise by owner to Germany
10/1898: rescued Swedish vessel ANNIE, found adrift 180 miles SE of Aberdeen
11/1899: Skipper Wetherby presented with silver goblet by King of Sweden for rescue
02/1900: twice broke adrift in Aberdeen's Albert Basin during storm, no damage
04/1930: stranded on Aberdeenshire coast; later refloated and taken to Aberdeen
