STAR OF PEACE

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

OwnerOwned by Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date29 September 1915

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120 1/3' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 220 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002270

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 573
Official Number: 137178
Subsequent Names: NOORDZEE 11 (1922); MERLETON (1923); MARY BUCHAN (1934); STAR OF DEVERON (1938).

Fate: Bombed by German aircraft at North Shields, 30 September 1941.

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

Owners:
19/10/1915: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Company Limited, Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen, A 481.
11/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. Admiralty No. 1952. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun. Based at Stromness.
1919: Returned to owners
1922: Sold to Belgium and renamed NOORDZEE 11.
1923: Archibald Glen Brown, Granton.
12/06/1923: Renamed MERLETON. Registered at Granton, GN97.
1934: Wilson Buchan, Aberdeen.
25/05/1934: Renamed MARY BUCHAN. Registered at Aberdeen, A55.
1938: Thomas Walker. Renamed STAR OF DEVERON.
05/1940: Requisitioned by Admiralty, patrol and minesweeping.

General History:
21/09/1915: Launched.
25/01/1933: Arrived at Aberdeen under tow by the DANESTON after its boiler had broken
adrift off Orkney.
30/04/1927: Ran aground at Findhorn. Towed off by ICEAXE.
29/11/1932: William Robertson (24) trimmer, washed overboard 146 miles NE x E from Girdleness and lost.
30/09/1941: Bombed by German aircraft at North Shields. Beached at Herd Sands and cut into three sections for disposal.

Notes:
H.R. Order Book Details: - Trawl winch, 750 fathoms (RW Lewis). Acetylene gas (Buyer’s). Steam heater in cabin. Boat cover wood. Sheaves “Tyne” metal. Universal packing. Feed pump McDowell’s B type and low p pump McDowell’s.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 82 r.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1578; diameter 13' 0"; length 10' 6"; 3 plain welded 3’ 2½ dia. with Sturrocks bridges; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: 8’ 4” diameter, solid 4-bladed, cast iron.

Cost & extras: £6,550

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51932&vessel=STAR+OF+PEACE
History (GT) - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Merleton%20GN%2097.htm
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#R
WW II Service (UB) - https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7196.html
Wrecksite: - http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?171027