SAMUEL BARKAS
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Admiralty
Date13 September 1917
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 216 ton
Gross Tonnage: 216 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002318
Keywords
Yard Number: 618
Official number: 143910
Fishing Number: GN69.
Renamed: INVERNEILL (1925)
Fate: Demolished in December 1956 by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd., Charlestown, Fife.
Fishing vessel, “Strath” class trawler, side, steam, screw, steel.
Named for Samuel Barkas, (23) born Lancaster, Landsman, H.M.S. Victory.
13.09.1917: Launched.
26.10.1917: Commissioned as a minesweeper, Ad. No. 3628. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. gun.
02.12.1919: Registered at London for commercial sale.
30.01.1920: Owners Alfred Rainbow, William Rainbow, Harry Eastoe Rees and Frank
Berry Rees, Swansea. Registered at Milford M84.
16.03.1920: Owners Rainbow Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Milford Haven.
09.11.1925: Owners David Dryburgh, Granton. Renamed INVERNEIL. Registered at Granton GN 69.
1936: Owners Robert Baxter, Aberdeen
20.05.1938: Registered at Aberdeen A 474.
26.12.1940: Owners Bunch Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. PoR Aberdeen
11.12.1946: Owners Camperdown Fishing Co. Ltd. (John Walker), Aberdeen.
1956: Sold to BISCO for £3.850
General history:
27.02.1929: Stranded at Dunbar. Refloated by Leith tug EARL OF POWIS.
21.03.1938: Struck by lightning off Out Skerries. Ariel, wireless and compass damaged.
28.03.1940: Attacked by German aircraft, injuring the Mate, John Carsey.
29.11.1956: Delivered to Charlestown for demolition under her own power.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke. 415 i.h.p., 57 r.h.p. by Hall, Russell.
Boiler: number 1; heating area (ft^2) 1347; diameter 12' 6"; length 10' 0"; furnaces 3 plain welded 2' 11" dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180;
Propeller: Solid cast iron, 8' 4" diameter.
See: 'Royal Navy Trawlers'.
History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51977&vessel=SAMUEL+BARKAS
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#S
History (LL): - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/samuel_barkas.htm
History (FT): - Strath Class | The Bosun's Watch | Page 4 (fleetwood-trawlers.info)
History (GT): - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Inverneill%20GN%2069.htm
1 February 1911
