BEN LORA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date28 October 1913
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002231
Keywords
Yard Number: 536
Fate: Scrapped 1960.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1913: Richard Irvin & Sons, registered at North Shields, SN269.
08/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6pdr AA. Admiralty no. 303.
1919: Returned to owners. (in 1956 still R. Irvin & Sons Ltd., North Shields, SN269 (1956 Nautical Almanac))
Engines 78 HP
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 45)
