BEN EARN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date30 August 1916
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 122 1/3' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton
Gross Tonnage: 235 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002286
Keywords
Yard Number: 589.
Fate: Broken up in the UK, 1960.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.
Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin of North Shields, SN312.
10/1916: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 12 pdr and 1 x 7.5 inch anti-submarine bomb thrower. Admiralty no. 3309.
1920: Returned to owners.
02/1940: Requisitioned and again converted into a minesweeper, pennant no. FY.999.
02/1946: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 43)
General History:
10/11/1930: Went ashore at North Taing, Sanday, Orkney but was refloated later. The crew of 10 were rescued by the Sanday Rocket Brigade. They were:
James Mair, Skipper, Banff
J. Sommers, Mate, Peterhead
A. Milton, 1st Fisherman, Aberdeen
C. Stevens, Engineer, Aberdeen
J. Mair (Brother of Skipper), 2nd Engineer, Banff
J. Hall, Deck Hand, Aberdeen
A. Or????, Deck Hand, Aberdeen
J. King, Fireman, Aberdeen
J. Christie, 2nd Fireman, Aberdeen
J. Findlay, Cook, Cullen
Note:
Engine 3 cylinder triple expansion 78 HP
June 1911
1912
1912
1 February 1911
June 1911
