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SIR KAY

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

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date26 October 1943

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125' x breadth 25' 6" x depth 13' 9"
gross tonnage 108 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002469

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 768.
Official Number: 182.010
Subsequent Names: STAR OF THE NORTH (1947); ROBERT CROAN (1956)

Fate: Scrapped at Grangemouth, 1961.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: “Round Table” class Admiralty trawler, screw, steel, later a side trawler. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. A.A. gun, 1 x 20mm Oerlikon, 2 machine guns.

Owners:
08/02/1943: Commissioned into the Royal Navy. Pennant No. T.241.
10/04/1946: Sold commercial.
21/04/1947: Owners Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen A 334.
23/02/1956: Joe Croan Ltd, Leith, registered at Leith, LH 22.
22/12/1961: G & W. Brunton Ltd (for demolition)

General History:
24/07/1941: Ordered
27/02/1942: Laid down.
26/10/1942: Launched, completed as a minesweeper.
28/02/1943: Sailed.
13/02/1952: Towed the disabled LOCHNAGAR into Aberdeen from off the Faroes.
15/12/1955: Broke from moorings in Torry Dock and was drifting unmanned down the channel when saved by harbour pilot and boatmen.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, cylinder diameters 12½” x 21” x 35” with 26” stroke, 600 i.h.p., engine and boiler by Hall, Russell.
Boiler: Number 1.S.B.; Heating area (ft^2) 1706; Diameter 13' 6"; Length 10' 10 1/4"; Furnaces 3 PW flanged 3' 4 3/8" dia. Pressure (p.s.i) 200
Single screw propellor.

Cost: £41,182 in accordance with the Admiralty schemes for hull and machinery.

Based on the trawler STAR OF ORKNEY, built by Hall, Russell in 1936. 8 vessels were built, 4 by Hall, Russell and 4 by John Lewis.