LASS O' DOUNE

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

Date30 July 1910

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86' 1" x breadth 18' 6" x depth 9'
Gross Tonnage: 92 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002131

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 447.

Fate: Lost off Shoreham, 14 October 1946.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter, ketch.

Owners:
1910: Falconer & Co, Macduff.
05/1920: Steam Pilot Boat Company, Cardiff
1945: G. D. Claridge, Lowestoft.

Master:
1910-20: Master J. Falconer.

General History:
Vessel bought by Steam Pilot Boat Company, Cardiff in May 1920 to replace the pilot cutter SILVIA.

Report into loss by the Ministry of Transport (1947) found that 'the total loss of the LASS O'DOUNE was caused by reason of her putting to sea with unlocated leaks in her hull, with her pumping arrangements in defective condition and with insuffcient crew.'
The inquiry court recommended that the Ministry of Transport should make provision that 'no British sea-going trawler or drifter should be permitted to proceed to sea unless there has been issued in respect of law and within a specified time, a certificate of seaworthiness made by a responsible and duly qualified authority after proper examination of hull, machinery, boilers and life-saving appliances.