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Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date15 April 1930
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 122 1/3' x breadth 22 7/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 236 ton
Gross Tonnage: 236 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002418
Keywords
Yard Number: 711
Fate: Ran aground and wrecked two miles south of Cruden Bay, 12 April 1961. 13 crew climbed the cliffs to Ogstons Farm.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1930: Thomas L. Devlin, Granton, fishing number GN22.
02/1940: Requisitioned in and converted into a minesweeper. Fitted with Oropesa gear, armament 1 x 12 pdr and 2 x light machine gun. Pennant no. FY.543. Operated in the North Sea from Lowestoft to Sheringham Shoal.
1945: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 100)
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