NORTHMAN

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

Date26 September 1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002189

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 499
Official Number: 129368

Fate: Wrecked on South Head off Keith Inch, 11 December 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
04/10/1911: Standard Fishing Company of Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 414.
08/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Admiralty No. 327. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun.
1919: Returned to owners
1933: I. B. Wood & others, Aberdeen.
1937: A. F. Wood, Aberdeen.
1940: J. N. Stephen, Aberdeen.
07/1940: Requisitioned by Admiralty,
18/07/1941: Owners Stephen Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
03/1946: Returned to owners.
1946: Owners Stephen Fishing Co. Ltd.
02/1950: Owners A. J. & R. Mitchell, Peterhead. Refitted and fitted with whaleback. Registered at Aberdeen, A652.

General History:
11/1911: Ran down and sank trawler LORD NELSON (RE 140), entry #1599
07/1940: Anti-submarine duties.
01/1942: Converted to base ship. Local defence trawler, based Aberdeen.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 329-30)
05/02/1948: Ran ashore on Belhelvie sands. Registry cancelled. Refloated later in the year.
11/12/1956: Went ashore at Peterhead

Notes:
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 417 i.h.p., 47 r.h.p., by H.R.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1334; diameter 12' 6"; length 10' 0"; furnaces 3 plain welded 2’ 1” dia Sturrock’s bridges; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: 8' 4" diameter, solid cast iron.

Cost & extras: £5,675 Trawl winch, MacDowall’s A type donkey pump & Farquhar’s packing for H.P. & M.P. piston rods. Less £7.10/- for one feed pump only.

See also:
History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51858&vessel=NORTHMAN
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#N
WW II Service: - http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-40RNShips1Home.htm,
Wrecksite: - http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/208526/details/northman+south+head+keith+inch+peterhead+north+sea/
Lord Nelson Incident.
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=6320&page=64
http://buchandivers.com/lord-nelson.html