ANEMONE

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

Shipownervessel built for Irvin and Johnson (South Africa) Limited

Date5 May 1936

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 130 1/3' x breadth 24 1/12' x depth 14'
gross tonnage: 296 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002441

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 737
Subsequent Name: ALKANET (1941)

Fate: Scrapped South Africa 1965.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1936: Irvin and Johnson (South Africa) Limited.
11/1941: Requisitioned and converted into a minesweeper.
03/1946: Returned to owners.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 10)

Notes:
Vessel has many modern improvements - including the fitting of the steering gear outside the wheelhouse to keep the windows from 'steaming up' and has special equipment including five floodlights for night fishing. (Information from Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, May 1936)

Wireless DF, ESD, 1 deck
1960/61 PFD and RT fitted

Shipbuilding and Shipping Record gives the launch date for this vessel as 8 May rather than 5 May.
The vessel sailed for Cape Town on May 30, 1936.

Special Surveys LMC5 (1936)