GEORGE D. IRVIN

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

DateJune 1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 194 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002184

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 494.

Fate: Broken up in Belgium, September 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1911: Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd., Aberdeen, A387.
08/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr. Admiralty no. 116.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: J. B. Graham, Hartlepool (HL20).
1925-38: Friarage Steam Fishing Co., Hartlepool.
05/1940: Requisitioned and converted to boom defence vessel. Pennant no. Z.249. Converted to a minesweeper in January 1941, then to a stores carrier in 1944.
07/1945: Returned to owners.
1955-56: Class withdrawn from Lloyd's at owners request.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 181)