BEN IVER

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

Date10 December 1913

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSteel

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 6" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 14' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 197 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002233

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 538.
Subsequent Name: VIKING HOPE (1946).

Fate: Broken up in the UK, 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel, 2 masted steam trawler, elliptical stern, (clincher built, Ketch).

Owners:
1914: Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd, registered at Aberdeen, A602.
1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, with 1 x 6-pounder gun.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Jack Breach Ltd, Lowestoft, LT788.
1926: Thomas L. Devlin, Granton, GN96.
1938: J. Walker, Aberdeen, fishing number A341.
1942: G. Robb & Sons, Aberdeen.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 45)

Note:
11/05/1942: Damaged by a mine (59 39'N 09 25'W).