WILLIAM BENTLEY

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date30 January 1919

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 203 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002363

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 649.
Subsequent Names: BRACONHILL (1919); AGNES PURDY (1947); PHALAROPE (1958)

Fate: Broken up in Great Britain, 1961.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, 1 deck, two masted ketch rigged, clencher built.

Owners:
1919: Ordered for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4422.
1919: Completed as a fishing vessel. Bought by Don Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A138.
1920: Sam Robford & Co.
1920: H. R. Hoare, Aberdeen.
1929: A. Ogg, Aberdeen.
1937: G. R. Wood, Aberdeen.
1943: G. R. Purdy Tr. Ltd, Aberdeen.
11/1939: requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted for examination service.
07/1945: returned to owners, Purdy Tr. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1958: W. H. Dodds & Co. Ltd, Aberdeen. Manager A. W. King.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 190)

Notes: Class withdrawn from Lloyd's Register in 1956.
Direct action triple expansion engines built in Aberdeen Ironworks, 133 HP.

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