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BEN MEIDIE
BEN MEIDIE
BEN MEIDIE

BEN MEIDIE

Shipbuilder (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 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002295
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)

D.W. FITZGERALD
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
7 March 1916
BRACONDENE
Alexander HALL & Co.
February 1916
MOUNT KEEN
John Lewis & Sons
1936
STRATHBORVE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 August 1930
AIGLON
1907
MARY A HASTIE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1930
RATTRAY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
8 November 1900
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
GRANUWEAL
Alexander HALL & Co.
1909
RILETTE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
RIBBLE
1900
VASCO DA GAMA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1910
LOCH DOON
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 September 1907
NAIRANA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 November 1913
NORTH QUEEN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 May 1906
STRATHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 September 1913
FORT ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1931
CITY OF ABERDEEN
Alexander HALL & Co.
1897
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 June 1917
INCHGARTH
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
STRATHERRICK
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 November 1906
GLORIA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 March 1907
ERNA
1915