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BRAZIL BRASBY

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

Owner Admiralty

Date31 October 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002323

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 621.
Subsequent Names: TYRWHITT (1919); DENISEINA (1935); BEN HOPE (1936)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 12 pdr, 1 x 3.5 inch anti-submarine bomb thrower.

Owners:
1917: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3631.
1919: Vanessa Fishing Co. Ltd, Lowestoft, LT583.
1927: Orontes Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Grimsby, GY432.
1932: Rutherford Bros, North Shields, SN114.
1936: R. Irvin & Son, North Shields.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 168)

General History:
18/03/1935: Went ashore in dense fog at St.Abbs, Berwickshire 17 March; the local lifeboat HELEN SMITTON helped in floating her off.
(The Times)

Note:
Triple expansion engines, 3 cylinders of 12", 20" and 34", length of stroke 23", 74 NHP.