RICHARD BRISCOLL
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Admiralty
Date9 October 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 numberABDSHIP002356
Keywords
Yard Number: 645.
Subsequent Name: BRACONBURN (1921).
Fate: Sank on passage to Scapa Flow in collision near Bell Rock, Arborath, with Liberty Ship LE BARON RUSSELL BRIGGS on 30 July 1944, in which 6 crew members lost their lives.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel.
Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4418.
employed as training vessel.
1921: Sold by the Navy to Don Fishing Co. Ltd and renamed BRACONBURN, A768.
04/1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd, Fleetwood, along with sister vessel BRACONBUSH (ex RICHARD BRISCOLL).
1944: Purchaced by the Admiralty (Royal Navy) as BRACONBURN for use as a blockship, but was sunk in a collision before it could be used asa blockship.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 184)
Note:
Triple expansion engines, 3 cylinders of 12", 20" and 34", length of stroke 23".
1908
