MICHAEL BRION

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

Owner Admiralty

Date12 June 1919

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP002379

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 657.
Subsequent Name: STURDEE (1919)

Fate: Went ashore 150 yards off Aberdeen beach, just north of Beach Ballroom on 19 October 1955.

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

Owners:
1918: Ordered for the Lord Commissioners for the Admiralty. Admiralty no. 4430.
1919: Completed as a fishing vessel. Acquired by L. C. Cockrell, Lowestoft, LT588.
1926: Vanessa Fishing Co. Ltd, Lowestoft.
1932: Gore & Spencer, Aberdeen (later Gorspen Steam Trawling Co Ltd).
1937: A. A. Davidson in 1937, A219.
11/1939: requisitioned by the Admiralty to use as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel but released.
01/1940: returned to owners.
1946: Sold to Looker Fishing Co. Ltd.
1955: Class withdrawn from Lloyd's Register.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 183)

Note:
Engines 74 HP