BEN MEIDIE
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 tons
Gross Tonnage: 234 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002295
Keywords
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)
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