STRATHCOE

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

Shipownervessel built for Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company

Date1916

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 117 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 215 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002289

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 592.
Subsequent Names: VERNON (1924); STRATHCOE (1946).

Fate: Ran ashore 2 miles south of Rackwick Head, Orkney on 4 February 1959. Crew rescued.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1916: Built for Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company, registered at Aberdeen, A751.
01/1917: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper.
1918: Purchaced into the Royal Navy and converted into a minelayer, armament 1 x 6 pdr and 24 mines. Admiralty no. 2991.
1924: converted to a base ship in January, and attached as a tender to HMS VERNON.
1933: MF based at Malta.
1938: Paid off and reduced to the Reserve, reverted to the nakme STRATHCOE.
1939: Placed on the sale list.
1942: Employed on Harbour Service.
1943: Converted to an Esso (fuel carrier).
1946: Sold into Mercantile service.
1946: Bought by W. Carnie, Granton.
1953: Joe Croan Ltd, Granton.
02/1955: Bought by Bruces Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, A6.

Engine 74 HP
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 462)