SAMUEL BENBOW
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Admiralty
Date9 July 1918
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002347
Keywords
Yard Number: 635.
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 12 pdr, 1 x 6 pdr AA.
Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 3645.
1923: T. Davidson, Aberdeen, A749.
1929: A. A. Murrell, Sydney, NSW.
1940: Cam & Son, Sydney, NSW.
1940: Purchased into the Royal Australian Navy, converted for minesweeping, commissioned 5 September, pennant no. FY.95.
24/05/1946: Sold out of service.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 185)
September 1873
1818
