ISABELLA GREIG

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

Date25 December 1928

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115 3/12' x breadth 22 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 210 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002405

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 698
Official Number: 149174

Fate: Bombed by enemy action, 145 miles ENE from May Island, on 17 December 1939.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side, screw, steel.

Owners:
11/1928: William Carnie, Newhaven, registered at Granton, GN102.
1935: Owners Carnie & Gibb, Granton.

General History:
29/10/1928: Launched at 1 p.m. Named by Mrs Greig. Sites give the 25th, but press report and launch book give the 29th.
14/11/1928: Trial trip at 10 a.m.
15/11/1928: Left at 4 p.m.
1933: Used by John Greirson for film “Granton Trawlers”
17/12/1939: Bombed and sunk by German aircraft.

Notes:
H. R. Order Book: - Similar to “Trinity N.B.” built in 1914, but electric light instead of acetylene gas.
Bunker capacity 100 tons of coal.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 60 r.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: number 1; heating area (ft^2) 1377; diameter 12' 6"; length 10' 3"; furnaces 3 plain welded withdrawable 2’ 11” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller: 8’ 4” diameter, solid, cast iron.

Cost & extras: £9,650 + coal and oil £28.10/-. Extras: - Mouldings, £15, Hatch Covers £10, Patent packing £33, Double funnel £31, Syren £5, Rudder carrier £15. Total £109.
Final cost: - £9,759 + coal & oil £28.10.0 = £9787.10.0

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52043&vessel=ISABELLA+GREIG
History (GT) - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Isabella%20Greig%20GN%20102.htm
Film of the ship working in 1934, Scottish Screen Archives: -
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1947
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdytkplBC0U

Model (Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh): - http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-180-002-038-C
News cuttings of loss: - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=%22Isabella+Greig%22
Wrecksite: - http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?170961

Photographs in Aberdeen Archive: - HR/2/7/409/1 to /4, 416/74 to 76 and 417/1 to /4.
© National Museums Scotland 000-180-002-038-C