STRATHALBYN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date22 August 1929
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 117.5' x breadth 22.1' x depth 12.2'
Gross Tonnage: 218 ton
Gross Tonnage: 218 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002408
Keywords
Yard Number: 701
Fate: unknown, in Lloyd's until 1958-59.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1929: Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Company, fishing number, A48
1943: Bloomfields Ltd, Aberdeen.
1948: T. Davidson Fishing Co, Ltd, Aberdeen.
1951: Colonial Development Corporation, Aberdeen.
1955: Nigerian Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
General History:
STRATHALBYN was a steam trawler built by Hall, Russell's, who also built the steam engine. It also had electric lighting, a rarity for this time of year on a fishing boat. Sometime before 1939 it was fitted with a wireless.
In 1945 the ship is registered to Bloomfields until 1949, when it is owned by Thomas Davidson Fishing Ltd, Aberdeen. In 1951 it is owned by Colonial Development Corp, until 1955 when it is owned by Nigerian Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd.
It is recorded Lloyds 1955-56 that this class was suspended pending special surveys, also that this ship is registered in Aberdeen but not working there.
1913
