BEN TARBERT

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

Date14 August 1912

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' x breadth 22' x depth 12'9"
Gross Tonnage: 193 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002205

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 514.

Fate: Class withdrawn 1955. Broken up in Belgium.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1912: Richard Irvin and Sons, fishing number A476.
06/1915: Requisitioned and converted to boom defence vessel.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Owned by Friarage Steam Fishing Co .Ltd/J Graham, Hartlepool HL21. Retained name.
05/1940: Requisitioned and converted to armed patrol vessel, pennant no. Z.212.
06/1940: Converted to boom defence vessel.
1941: Converted to minesweeper.
1944: Converted to stores carrier.
1946: Returned to owners.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 47)