THOMAS BARCLAY

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date9 October 1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002355

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 644
Official Number: 144316
Subsequent Name: JOHN MORRICE (1921)

Fate: Demolished. Sold to John Lewis for breaking at Montrose, then demolished by Atlantic Reederi F&W Joch, Hamburg, 4 October 1959.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel.

Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4417.
24/08/1920: Registered at London, LO444.
11/1921: Laid up then sold to Harry Alexander Holmes, Aberdeen.
07/11/1921: London registry closed.
22/11/1921: H. A. Holmes, registered at Aberdeen, A786.
1926: Owned by A. M. Morrice, Aberdeen.
30/01/1929: Owners - George D. Taylor, Alexander Malcolm Morrice, Margaret Morrice, John Morrice & Mary Morrice, Aberdeen (H. A. Holmes, manager).
27/06/1938: Owners - George D. Taylor, Alexander Malcolm Morrice, John Morrice, Mary Jane Hardie Morrice, James Johnstone & William Davidson, Aberdeen (H. A. Holmes, manager).
28/03/1940: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (J. A. Harrow, manager).
1940: Fishing from Fleetwood.
09/02/1946: Sold to The River Ness Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (George Craig, manager).
1947: Owned by River Ness Fishing Co. Ltd.
1948: Owned by J. Craig, Aberdeen.
07/09/1955: Company re-styled River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd.
23/02/1959: Sold to John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen for breaking up at Montrose.
09/1959: Sold to Atlantic Reederi F. & W. Joch, Hamburg for breaking up.
04/10/1959: Delivered Hamburg.
08/10/1959: Aberdeen registry closed.

General History:
08/1920: Slipped at Wivenhoe. Special Survey. Classed as a Steam Trawler.
09/03/1940: Fishing 12 miles NW of Tory Island, Co. Donegal in company with ALVIS (H52); FLYING ADMIRAL (H66); PELAGOS (GN55) and SEDOCK (GY123) and reported with the Irish trawler LEUKOS (D86) also in the vicinity. Group approached by U-boat (U.38) which fired a single round at a trawler, hitting her in the engineroom and she subsequently sank. Although no conclusive evidence confirms, the trawler probably was the LEUKOS; all eleven crew lost*.
(Lost* - Sk. James P. Thomason (28), Fleetwood & Dublin; William Donnelly, Blackpool, Mate; P. J. Scanlon, Cleethorpes, Bosun; Alexander McLeod, Stornoway, Ch Eng; Bernard Smith (23), Dublin, 2nd Eng; Thomas Mulligan, Fleetwood & Dublin & Anthony Pill, Fleetwood & Dublin, deckhands; Michael Cullen (17), Dublin, fireman; Patricio McCarthy (42) Dublin, cook; James Hawkins (17) Fleetwood & Dublin & Robert Sumler (16), Fleetwood & Dublin, apprentices)

06/1940: Slipped at Fleetwood.
1942: Returned to Aberdeen.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 421 i.h.p., 80 r.h.p. by Hall, Russell.
Boiler: number 1 ; heating area (ft^2) 1347; diameter 12' 6"; length 10'; furnaces 3 plain welded 2’ 11” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: 8' 4", solid cast iron.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52003&vessel=THOMAS+BARCLAY
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2010/08/s-t-john-morrice-a786/
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#T