BEN MEIDIE

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 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002295

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 598.

Fate: Lost Pentland Firth, Pentland Skerries, 7 October 1958.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw trawler.

Owners:
1917: Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, SN340.
05/1917: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, armament 1 x 6 pdr. Admiralty no. 3036.
1919: Returned to owners (R. Irvin).
1930: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A60.
01/1940: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper, pennant no. FY.1818. Converted to minesweeping, June 1940. Converted into an Esso (fuel carrier), June 1944.
03/1946: Returned to owners.

General History:
Second world war service as a minesweeper.
Joined the 110th M/S (Minesweeper) Group based at Grimsby. Operated in the area Cromer - Flamborough Head. In 1941 joined the 113th M/S Group, based at Grimsby. In 1943 joined the 111th M/S Group, based at Grimsby.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 46)