WILLIAM ALLAN

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

OwnerOwned by Silver City Trawling Company Limited

Date1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002256

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 559.
Subsequent Name: SILVERDYKE (1954).

Fate: Sold for demolition, 1955.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1914: Silver City Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John W. Allan, manager), A165.
01/1915: Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties, armament 1 x 3 pdr gun and 1 x 7.5 inch bomb thrower. Admiralty No. 719.
1915: Manager became J. W. Johnstone.
1919: Returned.
Pre 1927: Sold to Peter & J. Johnstone, Aberdeen (Robert W. Sutherland, manager).
192?: Sold to J. W. Johnstone, Aberdeen.
1931: Sold to Peter & J. Johnstone, Aberdeen.
1943: Sold to Transvaal Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son Ltd, managers).
10/09/1954: Sold to Iver Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Walker, manager).

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 521)