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SAMUEL BAKER

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

Owner Admiralty

Date7 June 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 194 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002306

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 610.
Subsequent Name: BRACONMOOR.

Fate: Sailed from Aberdeen on 4 January 1930. Next day in heavy squall struck offshore reef on SW corner of Hoy at 12.45am. The Longhope Lifeboat went out and saved the crew by Breeches Buoy, but the skipper died in the process.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 12 pdr.

Owners:
1917: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3650.
1919: Sold to Don Steam Fishing Co. renamed BRACONMOOR, A767.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 185)

General History:
08/01/1930:
VICTIM OF ORKNEY TRAGEDY.
The body of skipper Archie Brown, of the wrecked Aberdeen trawler BRACONMOOR, arrived in Aberdeen about 4 p.m. yesterday on board the small cargo and cattle steamer AMELIA. Also on board were the eight members of the Braconmoor’s crew who were taken off the trawler in the same buoy which Skipper Brown lost his life when being pulled to safety by the crew of the Longhope lifeboat. The AMELIA left Kirkwall about 9 p.m. on Monday night, and should have been in Aberdeen about 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon, but she ran into a stiff southerly gale. Waiting Women. A number of women relatives of the crew of the wrecked trawler had gathered on the quay, waiting the arrival of the AMELIA, and just after she had berthed a motor hearse drew on to the quay.
Tragic Rescue.
It will be recalled that on Sunday morning the BRACONMOOR ran ashore near Longhope, in the Pentland Firth. The vessel struck the rocks while a heavy sea was running, and in answer to her distress signals the Longhope lifeboat went to the assistance of the crew. The lifeboat was unable to get close to the vessel, and communication was established by means of line. Eight the crew were rescued in the breeches buoy. Skipper Brown then entered the breeches and was pulled ashore through the surf, but when the buoy was secured it was found that its occupant was dead. appeared that had turned over in the buoy and had been pulled feet uppermost through the surf.
(Aberdeen Press and Journal)

Note: Toghill says SAMUEL BAKER as BRACONMOOR served in WWII, but this must be a mistake for the 1931 BRACONMOOR.
Triple expansion engine, 3 cylinders (12", 20" and 34") 24" stroke, 78 RHP