D.W. FITZGERALD

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

Date7 March 1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 122' 5" x breadth 22' 2" x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002278

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 581.

Fate: Sold for scrapping and under tow to scrapyard 13 June 1961 when the vessel went ashore at Girdleness.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Single screw trawler

Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin and Sons Limited, registered at Aberdeen A629.
04/1916: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA. Admiralty no. 863.
1919: Returned to owners.
08/1940: Requisitioned and again converted into a minesweeper.
01/1945: Returned to owners.

General History:
Second world war minesweeper. Fitted with LL and Acoustic Hammer. Joined the 110th M/S Group based at Grimsby sweeping Cromer-Flamborough Head. Transferred to Portsmouth in June 1944 for Channel sweeping. Returned to Grimsby in December 1944 and paid off.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 132)