BEN GLAS

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

Shipownervessel built for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd

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 numberABDSHIP002294

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 597.

Fate: Broken up in the UK, 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1917: Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, SN336.
05/1917: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr AA. Admiralty no. 3039.
1919: Returned to owners.
1930: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A60.
09/1939: Requisitioned and converted into an armed patrol vessel, pennant no. FY.808. Converted to minesweeping, June 1940. Converted into an Esso (fuel carrier), June 1944.
10/1944: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 43-4)

LR Class Withdrawn 9/51.