STRATHUGIE

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

Shipownervessel built for Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company

Date27 May 1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 210 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002238

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 543
Official Number: 137150

Fate: Demolished by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd., Charlestown, 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side, screw, steel.

Owners:
29/07/1914: Registered at Aberdeen, Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co. Ltd., A 61.
04/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Admiralty no. 1570. Armament 1 x 3 pdr. gun. Based at Malta.
1919: Returned to owners.
01/1940: Requisitioned by Admiralty, for use as a dan layer (places marker buoys on minefields). Pennant No. FY.1941. Later converted to minesweeping.
1942: Archibald G. Brown, Granton.
07/1945: East Anglia Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. Registered at Grimsby, GY73.
09.1945: Returned to owners.
06/02/1946: John Crighton Robertson, Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen, A 610.
18/06/1946: Broomhill Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1946: Sold to BISCO for £3,400.
13/08/1956: Registry closed, vessel broken up.

General History:
27/05/1914: Launched in a quadruple launch with sisters Yard No. 541, STRATHMARTIN, Yard No. 542, STRATHMAREE and Yard No. 544, STRATHBRIE.
1915: After requisitioning, based at Malta.
11/10/1929: Rescued 5 of the crew of the Faroese schooner MARTA, lost due to engineroom fire. Skipper lost and cook recovered dead.
04/11/1929: Shipwrecked Mariners Society awarded George Summers, skipper, and crew of the STRATHUGIE, silver medals and other awards.
23/12/1929: Ashore at Rerwick Head, Tankerness. Came off and towed to Aberdeen by the Leith tug, BULLGER.

Notes:
H.R. Order Book: - U.S. Packing and Lockwood & Carlisle piston rings and springs. Single F&B pump. Feed pump chest brass. One spare propeller for each 2 vessels. Stoke from fore end. Winch and acetylene gas plant by owner.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 74 r.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1347; diameter 12' 6"; length 10'; furnaces 3 plain welded 2' 11" dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: Single screw 8' 5" diameter, solid cast iron.

Cost & extras: £6,150

See also:
History (CS) - Screw Steamer STRATHUGIE built by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd in 1914 for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, Fishing (clydeships.co.uk)
History (GT) - Strathugie A 61.htm (grantontrawlers.com)
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#S
WW II Service (UB) - Allied Warships of WWII - MS Trawler HMS Strathugie - uboat.net