BEN RINNES
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date27 November 1901
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 108' x breadth 21' x depth 12.4'
Gross Tonnage: 183 ton
Gross Tonnage: 183 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002028
Keywords
Yard Number: 355.
Subsequent Names: BEN DEARG (1918); BEN RINNES (1925/6).
Fate: Stranded west side of Spear Head, 3 miles from Thurso, 27 March 1928.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1901: North British Steam Fishing Company Limited, Aberdeen, fishing number A488.
1908: Owned by R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
1912: Sold to Thomas Davidson, Aberdeen.
09/1915: Requisitioned by the admiralty from Davidson, and converted to boom defence vessel.
1920: Returned to owners.
1922: Sold to George Craig, Aberdeen.
General History:
16/10/1914: The BEN RINNES landed 58 survivors from the crew of HMS HAWKE, which was sunk by a submarine in the North Sea. Captain John Cormack of BEN RINNES stated that he took the survivors off a Norwegian steamer. They were landed at Aberdeen.
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