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OLIVE

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date26 February 1940

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 150' x breadth 27' 6" x depth 15'
gross tonnage 126 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002454

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 752

Fate: ran aground near Lerwick, 28 December 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Tree class admiralty minesweeping trawler, single screw, armament 1 x 12 pdr gun, 2 x 0.5 inch AA, 2 x twin light machine guns.

Owners:
1940: Royal Navy
1946: Temporary loan to German navy.
1948: Returned to Royal Navy and placed on disposal list.
1948-56: Owners AB-Samba (Sten A. Olsson, Gothenberg)
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 197)

General History:
08/06/1939: Ordered
29/09/1939: Laid down
26/02/1940: Launched
17&18/05/1940: Trial trips
05/06/1940: Left Aberdeen
1946: taken to Harwich for refit.
Transferred to Cuxhaven in March. Transferred to Flekkefiord, Norway, supervising German naval units clearing minefields. Returned to Cuxhaven and paid off.
1946: Temporary loan to German navy.
1948: Returned to Royal Navy and placed on disposal list.
06/1948: Sold to mercantile, owners Sten A. Olsson, Gothenburg and renamed SAMBA. Diesel fitted 1949.
10/1949: Rebuilt and converted into a cargo vessel by Falkenbergs Varv. Falkenberg yard and fitted with Fairbanks Morse B43 (ex HMS MMS.253) 8 cylinder, 450bhp diesel engine. She was 164 feet long, with a gross tonnage of 662. She was also fitted with tanks for liquid cargo.
10/1952: Lengthened.
Early 1956: She had a new main engine installed in Coxhaven, Germany.
28/12/1956: Lost - At loss, she is listed as a tanker and the cargo as acid.

Note: HMS MMS253 was a Canadian built wooden motor minesweeper. Sold 1948.

See also:
Source: http://shetlopedia.com/Samba
Source: www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6581.html
Source: www.skipet.no/skip/krigsbygd/eskortetralere/hms-olive
Source: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/238463/details/samba+ruggen+bressay+sound/&biblio=more