VALE OF CLYDE

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

Date19 December 1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 223 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002130

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 446
Official Number: 127143

Fate: Demolished in Bo'ness 1952.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw side trawler.

Owners:
28/01/1908: Vale of Leven Steam Fishing Company, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A192.
09/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Admiralty No. 515. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. gun & 1 x 6 pdr HA gun.
13/12/1914: THOMSON, John, trimmer, TS127. Died, illness. Husband of Maggie Thomson, 4 Shore Brae, Aberdeen
20/12/1918: Owners Horace Edward Stroud & Sidney Morris Cannon, Aberdeen.
1919: Returned to owners.
06/03/1919: Owners William Flockhart Snr, William Flockhart Jnr, John Flockhart,
Jane Flockhart, Agnes Flockhart, Alexander Flockhart, Agnes Flockhart, Euphemia Flockhart & Robert Flockhart, Leith.
29/03/1919: Owners Morris Wilkins & George Moreland, Manchester.
21/12/1921: George Main & Thomas Main, Aberdeen.
09/04/1935: George Main, Thomas Main & James Caie Main, Aberdeen
10/12/1939: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
06/01/1940: Alexander M. Morrice, George Dow Taylor, John Morrice and
Mary Jane Morrice, Aberdeen.
06/02/1941: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Admeasured at 223.38 g.r.t., 82.92 n.r.t.
01/09/1943: Morrice Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
30/03/1946: Elspeth Forest Clark, Aberdeen.
24/12/1947: Elspeth Forest Clark, Aberdeen. Alexander Robertson Milne and Henrietta Elizabeth Milne, Newtonhill.

General History:
19/12/1907: Launched. Named by Miss Taylor, sister of Mr J. B. Taylor, solicitor.
09/1914: Based at Granton for its war service.
13/12/1914: THOMSON, John, trimmer, TS127. Died, illness. Husband of Maggie Thomson, 4 Shore Brae, Aberdeen
07/10/1920: Picked up the disabled Finnish barque ALEXANDER and commenced towing it for Aberdeen, arriving on the 10th.
01/1921: Transferred to Aberdeen (Sam Isaacs (Aberdeen) Ltd, managers) on
charter to Bookless Brothers, Aberdeen to operate from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, ‘salting’.
06/1921: Charter ended.
1922-49: market reports record the vessel as line fishing.
26/03/1946: Arrived at Aberdeen with jury steering after the rudder post broke off Iceland.
01/1952: Called at Reykjavik after being damaged at sea and losing its lifeboat.
09/10/1952: Reported in press to have sailed from Aberdeen for Bo’ness for demolition.

Notes:
H.R. Order Book ( O ): - Fitted with double geared trawl winch and acetylene gas installation. Duplicate of “Wetherley” boats. No spare propeller.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 75 r.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: number 1 steel S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1374; diameter 12’ 7½” (12’ 6” in o.); length 10' 3"; furnaces 3 plain welded 2’ 11” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: 8' 4", solid cast iron.
Cost & extras: £6,100 Fit Green’s Patent check feed valves and fitting brass feed chest instead of cast iron £16

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51805&vessel=VALE+OF+CLYDE
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2009/01/st-vale-of-clyde-a192/
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#V
From Imperial War Museum records, image HR/2/7/450 may be of the Vale of Clyde.