W.S. BURTON

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

Date1917

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 122 1/3' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13 3/12'
gross tonnage: 234 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002293

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 596.
Subsequent Names: STAR OF THE WAVE (1930); LYNNE PURDY (1947)

Fate: Broken up in Belgium, 30 September 1962.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1917: Robert H. Davidson & Co., Hartlepool, HL86.
04/1917: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA. Admiralty no. 3036.
1919: Returned to owners.
1930: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A60.
03/1940: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, pennant no. FY.1590.
Returned to owners 1946.
1943: G. R. Purdy Ltd, North Shields.
1945: W. H. Purdy Tr. Aberdeen.
1957/58: Class withdrawn.

(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 525)