BEN BREAC

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

Date12 July 1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 122.5' x breadth 22.2' x depth 12.3'
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002284

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 587.

Fate: Broken up in Netherlands 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin of North Shields, Aberdeen, A705.
08/1916: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 12 pdr. Admiralty no. 2953.
1919: Returned to owners. Owned later by G. Craig & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
06/1940: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper, pennant no. FY.336.
12/1945: Returned to owners.

Engine 78 HP
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 42)