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BEN VENUE
BEN VENUE
BEN VENUE

BEN VENUE

Shipbuilder (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 numberABDSHIP001987
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 320
Official Number: 108668

Fate: Vessel stranded 6 April 1904, refloated but foundered shortly afterwards. Crew of nine escaped in smallboat and were picked up by Grimsby trawler BALTIC.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1899: North British Steam Fishing Company Limited, Aberdeen later becoming R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.

Masters:
1901: J. Geddes
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
CLEOPATRA
April 1876
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1872
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
March 1877
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
ABERGELDIE
DUTHIE
April 1869
STRATHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 September 1913
STRATHBEG
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 June 1906
PANDORA
Nicol Reid & Co.
1828
ALFRED
1804
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
January 1880
ALBION
Alexander HALL & Co.
1826
MILO
1838
Brig "I'll Try" Of Aberdeen (Th. Stefens Commander)
May 1863
AUCHINTOUL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
August 1880
A. SPENCE MACDONALD
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
31 January 1911
FAIR ISLE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
10 March 1909