BEN ALDER

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

Date1899

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 103 3/12' x breadth 20 1/6' x depth 11 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 151 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001985

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 318
Official Number: 118663

Fate: demolished in 1924.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel, screw, side trawler.

Owners:
1899: John H. Irvin, Managing Director, The North British Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1908: Richard Irvin and Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
1914: A. Walker, Aberdeen.
06/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, boom defence vessel. Armament 1 x 3 pdr. gun.
1919: Returned to owner.
1920: Holbeck Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1922: Holbeck Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, 4 West Pier, Scarborough.
11/02/1925: Registry closed “Vessel broken up”. Scarborough owner listed as Frederick Harrison.

General History:
11/02.1899: Launched. Named by Mrs Peck, wife of the captain.
10/11/1900: During a storm on the night of 10 November 1900 the steam trawler BEN ALDER rescued eight crew from the Norwegian ship ODDERO, which sank the following morning. The crew had to dive into the sea where they were taken aboard the trawler's small boat.
The museum has a painting of rescue: - Acc. No. ABDAG001187, see below.
03/03/1919: Death WINCHESTER, Alexander (31), Engineman, Mercantile Marine
Reserve, 975766, illness. Buried Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh.
Son of William and Helen Winchester (nee Gray). Husband of Elizabeth Rennie Winchester, 27A Frithside Street, Fraserburgh.
12/03/1919: Death BROWN, Albert Henry (19) Able Seaman RN, J/655(CH). Illness, buried Hockley (St. Peter) cemetery. He was son of Samuel Brown, of Greensward Lane, Hockley.
03/06/2009: Ship’s bell sold for £800
15/10/2009: Harwood painting at auction (Sold for $491)

Notes:
Sister to Yard No. 319, BEN MORE and Yard No. 320, BEN VENUE.
HR Order Book (o): - 100A1 at Lloyds.
7” x 12” steam trawl winch double barrelled with helical teeth.
Duplex steam pump. No trawl gear.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion, 11½” (10½” in LR) x 19” (18” in o.) x 31” with 21” stroke, 50 r.h.p., 320 i.h.p., by Hall, Russell.
Boiler: number 1; heating area (ft^2) 828; diameter 10' 6"; length 9' 3"; furnaces 2 x 3' 2" dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: Single screw, 8’ 4½” diameter, solid, cast iron.

Cost & extras: £4,250 If owners elect to fit another trawl winch themselves, an allowance of £40 each to be allowed. £6 extra for stepping mast on deck of each vessel.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51677&vessel=BEN+ALDER
History (FB) - https://fishingboatheritage.co.uk/?s=Ben+alder
WWI Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar1.htm
Scarborough (SC) - http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/article.php?article=275
Bell - http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-victorian-ship-s-bell-from-the-ss-ben-alder,-102-c-261c8b62d7
http://data.bidmaster.co.uk/halls/bidcat/Catalogues.asp?F1=3072&F2=4169&status=A&F4=0&select=4083&offset=90
Painting - http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/harwood_a_/artist/378071/
Rescue of the crew of the ODERRO
© Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums (Acc. No. ABDAG001187)