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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
GRANITE CITY
Walter Hood & Co.
1853
AUSTRAL
DUTHIE
May 1856
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1872
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
March 1877
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
ABERGELDIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1851
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
January 1880
STRATHBEG
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 June 1906
WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
ALBION
Alexander HALL & Co.
1826
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
August 1880
ALFRED
1804
ETHIOPIAN
Walter Hood & Co.
August 1864
STRATHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 September 1913
A. SPENCE MACDONALD
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
31 January 1911
Walter Hood & Co.
April 1868
MILO
1838
Brig "I'll Try" Of Aberdeen (Th. Stefens Commander)
May 1863