NORTH QUEEN

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

OwnerOwned by North Line Steam Fishing Company Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date26 May 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 195 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002084

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 404.
Subsequent Name: FINTRAY (1934)

Fate: unknown after 1953.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1906: North Line Steam Fishing Co. Aberdeen, fishing number A78.
1914: E. Walker, Granton.
11/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Armed with 1 x 3 pdr and 1 x 2 pdr guns. Admiralty number 681
1919: Returned to owners.
1932: G. Brown, Granton.
11/1934: this vessel was sold by Fraserburgh Ship Repairing Co., to A. A. Davidson, Aberdeen, A135.
02/1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to a Dan (marker buoy) Layer. Pennant Number FY.253 Converted to minesweeper in August.
1943: Owner Northern Tr. Ltd, Aberdeen.
06/1945: Returned to owners, Northern Tr. Ltd, Grimsby.
1952: Grange Fishing Co., Grimsby.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 330)

Notes:
NORTH QUEEN was one of three steam trawlers built by Hall Russell's for North Line Steam Fishing Co. The other two were NORTH KING & NORTH STAR.
Stranded February 1933 and refloated.
Engines 73 HP