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

Date1899

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 110 3/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 11 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 174 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001990

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 323
Official Number: 110855

Fate: Captured by U-19 submarine and sunk by bomb aboard 50 miles ESE of Copinsay, Orkney (68 miles ENE of Wick) 4 June 1915. No casualties.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1899: Fraserburgh & North of Scotland Steam Trawling Company Limited, fishing number FR790
1909-15: Andrew Walker, Commercial Road, Aberdeen, fishing number A290.

Masters:
1902: Master G. Fielding
1909-13: Master A. McLeod
1913-15: Master J. H. Walker

Notes:
Hall Russell Order Book: - 100A1 at Lloyds, 7” x 12” steam trawl winch double barrelled, Duplex steam pump. No trawl gear. Extra pipes, cocks and connections for bilge pump suction from sea and discharge through wash deck pipes.
Same hull as 324, but different engine, boiler and propeller.

1 x boiler 140psi, Steam triple expansion engine, 12½” x 19” x 31” with 21” stroke.
Cost: £4,600 Wash deck service £18.10/- extra.