GUIDE ME II

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

Date13 February 1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 9 5/6'
Gross Tonnage: 100 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002102

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 422
Official Number: 119616

Fate: Foundered off the Muglins, south of Dublin, after being struck on the port side in a collision with the S.S. GLENGARIFF, 29 August 1918.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: drifter, steam, screw, steel. Bulwark plating ¼” thick.

Owners:
11/03/1907: John Mitchell, Peterhead (fish curer), registered at Peterhead, PD 144.
1913: Shipping List gives owner as John Cow, Peterhead and Manager as Robert L. Mitchell, 18 Prince Street, Peterhead.
1916: Merchany Navy List gives same owner and same manager but his address as, Strathisla, Balmoor Terrace, Peterhead..
03/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, anti-submarine duties. Ad. No. 2567.
Armament 1 x 6 AA pdr. gun.

General History:
13/02/1907: Launched. Named by Miss Jessie Ann Cow, daughter of the skipper.
06/03/1907: Trials in Aberdeen Bay and left for Peterhead.
07/03/1907: Engine test run from Peterhead to Aberdeen scheduled.
29/08/1918: Foundered off the Muglins, south of Dublin, after being struck on the port side in a collision with the S.S. GLENGARIFF (City of Cork Steam Packet Co. Ltd.). One crew member lost. The Muglins are a group of rocks off Dalkey Island, just south of Dublin. Wreck located in 1990. The 6pdr. Hotchkiss gun was raised and is now on display at the National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. The wreck is now a dive site.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, compound engine, 13” x 28” with 18” stroke, 279 i.h.p., 38 r.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: Number 1.S.B; Heating Area (ft^2) 723; Diameter 10'; Length 9'; Furnaces 2 welded 36" dia.; Pressure (p.s.i) 120;
Propellor: Diameter 7' 1", solid cast iron.

£3,200 £9 extra for Sturrock’s patent bridges and bars. If acetylene gas is ordered, the price to be £18 additional. Final payment: March 1907.

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51781&vessel=GUIDE+ME+II
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar1.htm#g
Wrecksite (WS) - http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11604