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DAVID BUCHAN

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

Owner Admiralty

Date9 April 1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP002338

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 629.
Subsequent Names: RIVER NESS (1919).

Fate: Bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft eight miles NE x N of Out Skerries, Shetland on 10 June 1940. 10 crew, 8 missing.

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

Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3639.
1919: Sold to Montrose Fishing Co. Ltd, ME51.
1923: Misses Hannah and Williamina Lewis, Aberdeen, A940.
1932: Sold to Craig Stores, Aberdeen.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 170)

Note:
Triple expansion engines, 3 cylinders of 12", 20" and 34", length of stroke 23", 57 NHP.
The late David Craig (George Craig Group) was one of the two survivors of the loss of the River Ness when it was bombed in 1940.