DOROTHY GRAY

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

Date28 October 1908

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 199 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002143

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 457.

Fate: broken up 1951

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1908: Peterhead Trawling Co. Ltd, Peterhead, PD533.
08/1914: Taken up by the Admiralty and converted for minesweeping.
1919: Vessel was released and returned to fishing from Aberdeen.
1927: Sold to J. G. Adam, Aberdeen
1930: Richard Irvin, Peterhead, PD553.
1940: called up as an Armed Patrol Vessel until December 1944.
1945: Sold to Regent Fishing Co. who registered vessel in Aberdeen, A212.

General History:
1914: Converted for minesweeping. Involved in the sinking of a German U-boat in November 1914, the skipper Alex Youngson received £500.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 127)

Apparently, the bell for this vessel is now located in the Maritime Museum at Lowestoft.