BEN STROME
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date17 July 1914
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 198 tons
Gross Tonnage: 198 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002248
Keywords
Yard Number: 553.
Fate: Attacked and sunk by German aircraft, 15 miles SW of Fuglo Island, Faroe on 27 July 1941. Crew of 10 all lost.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1914: Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd., registered at Aberdeen, A109.
04/1915: Taken up by the Navy as a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr. Admiralty no. 2657.
1919: Returned to owners.
Engines 78 HP
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 48)
4 February 1920
