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WILLIAM BROWNING

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

Owner Admiralty

Date17 May 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 122 1/3' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 237 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002303

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 608.
Subsequent Name: MADDEN (1919).

Fate: Scrapped at Granton, 1961

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 12 pdr, fitted witrh listening hydrophones. Later a side trawler.

Owners:
05/1917: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3648.
1919: Sold to Mercantile to Vanessa F Co. Ltd, London and renamed MADDEN, LO251.
1920: Owned Lago Steam Trawling Co, Milford Haven
1923: Registered, Granton Thomas L. Devlin, Granton, GN101.
1940: Requisition in February, as the MADDEN and converted to a minesweeper. Pennant no. FY.784
1944: Converted to a Wreck Dispensal Vessel.
1946: Returned to owners in 1946.
1961: Broken up, Granton
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), pp. 191)

Notes: Toghill states that the WILLIAM BROWNING was built in Beverley. It is, however, on the Hall, Russell's list.

Triple expansion engine 3 cylinders (12", 20", 34") length of stroke 24", 57rhp,