RAINDROP
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date4 January 1912
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 167 ton
Gross Tonnage: 167 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002194
Keywords
Yard Number: 504.
Fate: Raindrop was sunk off Aberdeen after a collision with the steamship RYDAL FORCE, on 6 July 1931. All crew rescued, taken aboard RYDAL FORCE.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1912: T. Davidson, Aberdeen, fishing number A434.
09/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr. Admiralty no. 117.
1919: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 375-6)
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