JAMES PITCHERS
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date21 December 1911
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002193
Keywords
Yard Number: 503.
Fate: wrecked on Robben Island in fog, October 1924.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1911: Richard Irvin & Sons Limited
08/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 3 pdr. Admiralty no. 85.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Roulette S D T & F Co. Ltd, North Shields.
1923: Irvin & Johnson, Cape Town.
(Source: F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 220)
