KER NEVEL

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

Date18 October 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 112 3/12' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 12 3/6'
gross tonnage: 172 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002093

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 413
Offical Number: 145005.

Fate: vessel reported as bring broken up by Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Castle Pill, Milford Haven, in the quarter ended 30 June 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw side trawler.

Owners:
1906: Societe Anonyme des Chalutiers de L'Ouest at 27 Rue du Parc à L'Eah, St. Nazaire, France.
1925-26: KERNEVEL appears as owned by Societe Dieppoise D'Armem á La Peche, Managers given as Crespin, A. Pichard, Hutereau-Scossa & Companie, 9&11 Qua De La Cazerne, Dieppe, France.
1926: G. F. Liston, Granton. Gross tonnage changted to 172 tons, apparently a new boiler was made in 1931.
1932: Wear Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Sunderland.
1938: Sunderland Ice Co. Ltd with manager as C. Hall at the Fishmarket, Sunderland. Ship now registered in Sunderland.
1940: Owned by J. C. Llewellin, Milford.
1941-42: Owner Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd with B.A. Parkes as Manager at 238 Dock Street, Fleetwood. Vessel now registeredin Milford Haven.
1943: P. & J. Johnstone, Aberdeen.
04/1944: Requisitioned and converted to an Esso (a fuel carrier, principally to support the D-Day landings). (Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 230)
11/1944: Returned to owners, Peter & J. Johnston Ltd at 186 Market Street, Aberdeen. Vessel registered in Aberdeen.
1953: Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. Aberdeen.
1954-55: Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Company Ltd at 12 Quay Street, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Vessel still registered in Aberdeen.

Notes:
Hall, Russell Order Book: - Trawl winch having a centre frame for 500 fathoms on each barrel, Aberdeen make. If centre frame is not required in winch, the price will be £20 less.
Worthington pump of 8 tons capacity. Ice mill for crushing ice. Spare propeller.
Delivery here by 1st December 1906. Penalty for delay £5 per week or proportion thereof after that unless due to fires, strikes & c, or anything beyond our control.
Speed over 10 knots at trial trip on 6 tons of good coal per day.
Vessel and machinery to be classed at Bureau Vertias I.3/3 G.I.I.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 381 i.h.p., 55 r.h.p. by H.R.

Boiler: number 1 S.B., steel; heating area (ft^2) 1246; diameter 12'; length 10'; furnaces 2 Annular Corrugated 3’ 6” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: Single screw, 8’ 4½” diameter, solid, cast iron.

Cost & extras: £5,850