JOHN BRITTON

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

Owner Admiralty

Date2 May 1919

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 202 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002373

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 654.
Subsequent Names: ELSIE JESSOP (1920); FORTH HAVEN (1923); COURLIS (1926)

Fate: Broken up, 1963.

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

Owners:
1919: Ordered for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4427.
1919: Completed as a fishing vessel. Sold by the Admiralty to Crawford Steam Trawler Co. Ltd, Scarborough, SH98.
1923: Forth Steam Trawler Co. Ltd, Granton.
1926: Soc. Des Pecheries de l'Ocean, Arcachon. Owned later by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Trawling Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, A51.
1954: Wilronwood Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, A51.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 61)

Notes: Named after Able Seaman John Britton who served at Battle of Trafalgar.
Steam triple expansion engine, 12" x 20" x 34" cylinders with 23" stroke.
416 i.h.p.