NERINE

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

OwnerOwned by Irvin and Johnson (South Africa) Limited

Date3 September 1925

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12' x depth 12 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 194 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002395

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 688.

Fate: NERINE was scuttled off Robben Island in July 1961.
(Source: F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1925: Irvin and Johnson (South Africa) Limited.
12/1939: Requisitioned for the South African Navy, converted into a minesweeper, pennant no. T.11.
10/1944: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 315)

General History:
In 1938 Nerine caught the first known example of the Coelacanth fish off the east coast of South Africa, a species thought to have been extinct for over 65 million years.
Serving as a HMSAS minesweeper trawler NERINE during World War II, it was one of the vessels engaged in the rescue attempts and recovery of stores and cargo
from the ill-fated DUNEDIN STAR which went aground off the Namibian coast in 1942.