STAR OF FREEDOM

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

OwnerOwned by Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date18 February 1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125 1/3' x breadth 23 1/12' x depth 13 9/12'
gross tonnage: 258 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002177

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 487.

Fate: Lost when she struck a mine and foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall, 19 April 1915.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1911: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1913: Rossall Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Fleetwood FD200 (Manager J. D. Gibson).
01/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to minesweeper/armed escort, armament 1 x 12 pdr. Admiralty no. 955.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 451)