GODETIA

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

Shipownervessel built for Irvin and Johnson (South Africa) Limited

Date30 April 1946

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength: 162' x breadth: 28' x depth: 14'
Gross Tonnage: 515 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002490

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 794

Fate: GODETIA was scuttled in False Bay, August 1970.
(Source: F. Van Den Bosch, S.A.)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1946: Irvin & Johnson (South Africa) Ltd.

Notes:
Sister ship to GILIA (also built 1946)
Named by "Mrs IRVIN, wife of Mr Richard Irvin, Direcor of Messrs Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd (Aberdeen)"
16th vessel built in Aberdeen for the owner.
(Burntisland & Hall Russell Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 40)

16th vessel to be built for Irvin & Johnson (S. Africa) Ltd by Hall Russell & Co. "Insulated fishroom and an insulated room for offal"
Photographs of (1) Naming Ceremony, (2) Launch
(Burntisland & Hall Russell Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 58)

Appears in Lloyd's Register of Shipping:
1949-50, 1951-52, 1954-55, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1968-69.