GEORGE SCOTT
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date18 January 1916
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 209 ton
Gross Tonnage: 209 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002276
Keywords
Yard Number: 579.
Fate: ran ashore Orkney Isles 59N. 03W, September 1953. Total loss.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Single screw trawler
Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin and Sons Limited, SN270.
03/1916: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA. Admiralty no. 3262.
1919: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 182)
Engine: Triple expansion 3 cylinders of 12", 20" and 34", length of stroke 24", 1 screw
1916