HEORTNESSE

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

Date27 April 1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 112 9/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 198 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002180

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 490.
Official Number: 124312

Fate: Scrapped 1937.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: trawler, side, screw, steel.

Owners:
1911: Hartness Steam Fishing Company Limited, Hartlepool, HL57.
1914: Owners Hartness Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Hartlepool.
09/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Admiralty no. 63. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. A.A. gun.
1919: Returned to owners
1937: Scrapped.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 220)

General History:
27/04/1911: Launched. Named by Mrs Graham.
13/05/1911: Trials in Aberdeen Bay.
15/05/1911: Trial trip from Hartlepool for an invited company, final payment 17 May 1911.
20/01/1912: Landed the crew of the Norwegian barque PROFESSOR JOHNSON, rescued from the sinking vessel in the North Sea.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 435 i.h.p., 75 r.h.p. by H.R.

Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1374; diameter 12' 6"; length 10' 3"; furnaces 3 plain welded 2' 11" dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propellor: diameter 8' 4", solid cast iron.
Two duplex pumps 5¼” x 3½” x 5”, brass water ends. Steam winch. Acetylene gas.

Cost & extras: £5,525
Extra, chaffing bars £32. Instalments 1/8, ¼, ¼ & 3/8.

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&builder=&builder_eng=&year_built=&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&propulsion=&category=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&ref=51849&vessel=HEORTNESSE
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#H