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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

Date17 October 1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 122' 5" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 13' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 234 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002288

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 591.

Fate: Broken up in the UK in 1959.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1916: Built for Richard Irvin & Sons of North Shields, registered at Aberdeen, A739.
1943: D. Wood, Aberdeen. Owned later by Wood & Bruce, Aberdeen.
1945: David Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd (Manager David Wood).
1955: Class withdrawn (Lloyd's)

Notes:
Reputed to have caught the biggest ever fish in European waters, a common sturgeon weighing 700 lbs and 10’-5” long, landed was landed at Aberdeen on 18 October 1956. Guinness Book of Records.