JAMES BASHFORD

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

Owner Admiralty

Date12 June 1919

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP002377

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 656.
Subsequent Names: STRATHRANNOCH (1919); JUDITH PURDY (22/12/1947)

Fate: Broken up in Belgium, September 1962.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Strath Class admiralty trawler, screw, steel, armament 1 x 3 pdr.

Owners:
1918: Ordered for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4429.
1919: Completed as a fishing vessel. Acquired by Aberdeen Steam Trawler & Fishing Co, Ltd. Registered fishing number A220.
1925: The same owners, with J. Brown as manager.
04/1940: requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Dan (marker buoy) Layer, then converted to an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel in August. Used as a mooring vessel in 1943.
07/1945: returned to owners, G. R. Purdy Trawlers Ltd, North Shields.
1955: Class withdrawn from Lloyd's Register.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 174)

STRATHRANNOCH was requisitioned during WWII and went to Iceland as buoy laying salvage vessel.