OCTOROON

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

Date20 November 1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 3" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 12 9"
Gross Tonnage: 195 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002258

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 561.
Subsequent Names: WILSON BUCHAN (1929); STAR OF DEE (1938); RIVER DEE (1946)
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Fate: Scrapped 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1914: Sutton Steam Trawling Company Limited, Hartlepool, fishing number HL68.
04/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA, Admiralty no. 1431.
1919: Returned to owners.
1929: W. Buchan, Aberdeen, A268.
1938: T. Walker, Aberdeen.
1943: J. C. Robertson, Aberdeen.
1945: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1946: J. W. Johnstone, Aberdeen.

Engines 78 HP
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 335)