WILLIAM BEAUMONT

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date9 July 1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 4" x breadth 22' 1" x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002346

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 634.
Subsequent Names: STAR OF SCOTLAND (1928); VIKING STAR (1946)

Fate: unknown

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

Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3644.
1920: Crown Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Grimsby GY854.
1928: Walker Steam Trawler Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen. Fishing number A347.
1946-58: George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 190)

General History:
Two crew were killed by machine gunfire from a German aircraft in the North Sea on 19 December 1939, one of these was deckhand Robert Page of Torry. The vessel was not sunk and returned to port.

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