BEN BHRACKIE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date12 July 1916
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 122' 5" x breadth 22' 2" x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002283
Keywords
Yard Number: 586.
Fate: Scrapped in 1960/61.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.
Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin of North Shields, Aberdeen, A704.
03/1916: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA. Admiralty no. 2951.
1919: Returned to owners.
03/1940: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, pennant no. FY.997.
12/1945: Returned to owners. Fishing no. A704
1960: Owners George Craig & Son.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 42)
1916
