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GEORGE BURTON

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date8 December 1917

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 3" x breadth 22 1" x depth 13' 6"
Gross Tonnage: 203ton

Object numberABDSHIP002327

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 623.
Subsequent Names: BERVIE BRAES (1922).

Fate: unknown

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

Owners:
1917: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty.
1922: R. W. Lewis, Aberdeen.
1923: W. Gove, Aberdeen.
1939: J. Walker & others.
11/1939: Requisitioned and converted to an armed patrol vessel, then for minesweeping in 1940, finally as an Esso (fuel carrier) in 1944.
10/1944: Returned to owners, Owned later by J. Lewis, Aberdeen.
1958-59: W. J. Fishing Co. Ltd, manager John Walker.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 171)