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

Date3 April 1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 112 3/12' x breadth 21 7/12' x depth 12 3/6'
gross tonnage: 185 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002105

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 425.
Subsequent Name: SUREAXE (1920).

Fate: Entry in Lloyd's 1951-52 overprinted 'broken up'

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1907: Sociedad Pescadora Argentina, Buenos Aires.
1910-15: Soc. Pescadores.
1918-21: Owner Russian Govt.*
Later owned by J. M. Davidson, Aberdeen.
1923-38: Owned by Harrow Baxter Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen (A161)
1940: J. C. Llewellin, Milford.
1941-42: Mrs E. M. Cubbin, Milford.
1942: Requisitioned as a target towing vessel, pennant no. FY.1843.
1943: R. A. Colby, Cubbin, Douglas, Isle of Man.

*Russian fishing vessel 1918 seized in the White Sea on 3 Aug. Added to the Navy list 11 November 1920 sold to Mercantile and retained same name. Acquired by Harrow-Baxter S.F. of Aberdeen. August 1942 requisitioned and converted for target towing. November 1945 returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p.33)