POINTER

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

Date21 February 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 110' 3" x breadth 21' 8" x depth 11' 7"
gross tonnage: 198 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002076

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 395.

Fate: Broken up in the UK in September 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1906: Captain William H. Burn, registered at Aberdeen, A57.
05/1915: Requistioned by the Admiralty and converted to minesweeper. Fitted with bomb thrower (A/S Howitzer).
Acquired by P. & J. Johnstone & J. Taylor, Aberdeen.
1920: Owned by Lothian Tr. Ltd, Lowestoft.
1932: Owned by A. Bruce, Aberdeen.
1938: Owned by P & J Johnstone, Aberdeen, A943.
1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to minesweeper, pennant No. FY.1896. (Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 362-3)
12/1945 Returned to owners then owned by T. Stephen Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1955: Owner J. W. Johnstone.

Note: Engines 67 HP.