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WILLIAM BARNETT

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

Owner Admiralty

Date8 December 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 216 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002325

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 622.
Subsequent Names: VALERIE W (1919); ROCHE NOIRE (1926); SHANDWICK (1957)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's register 1964.

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. 3632.
1919: Owned by Val Tr. Ltd, London, LO250.
1926: Soc. Nouvelle des Pecheries a Vapeur, Arachon. Served in WWII in French forces as ROCHE NOIRE AD355.
1957: J. Wood, Aberdeen, A26., then owned by Wood & Davidsons, Aberdeen, until 1964 in Lloyd's Registers.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 190)

Note:
Triple expansion engines, 3 cylinders of 12", 20" and 34", length of stroke 23", 57 NHP.