EDWARD BARKER
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
Admiralty
Date1918
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 numberABDSHIP002359
Keywords
Yard Number: 647.
Subsequent Name: MIRABELLE (1921)
Fate: Lost when rammed and sunk by accident in home waters, 17 September 1944.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 12 pdr.
Owners:
1918: Completed for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4420.
1921: Sold by Admiralty to Consolidated Fishing Ltd, Grimsby.
1934: Bought by the Gorspen Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1937: A. A. Davidson, Aberdeen, A176.
11/1939: requisitioned by the Admiralty as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel, based at Grimsby. Converted into an Esso (fuel carrier) in 1944. Pennant no. FY.1642.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 170)
