STAR OF SCOTLAND
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Shipownervessel built for
Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd.
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date21 May 1947
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 128' 3" x breadth 24' 7" x depth 13' 9"
Gross Tonnage: 285 ton
Gross Tonnage: 285 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002496
Keywords
Yard Number: 801
Official Number: 182015
Subsequent Name: JAMAICA (1960)
Fate: Demolished in 1976.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler, side, screw, steel.
Owners:
13/09/1947: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co., registered at Aberdeen, A 425.
1960: Owners Claridge Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft, renamed JAMAICA.
04/11/1960: Owners Dagon Fishing Co. Ltd., part of Colne Group.
General History:
10/10/1946: Keel laid on Berth No. 4.
21/05/1947: Launched in 19 seconds. Named by Mrs T. Walker, owner’s wife.
17/09/1947: Sea trials.
24/09/1947: Handed over.
06/11/1947: Sailed – “Winch trouble” written against entry.
10/11/1965: Ashore on sandbank off Lowestoft. Refloated under her own power.
1976: Demolished
Notes:
Aberdeen’s first motor trawler. Claimed to be first motor trawler built for a UK owner post WWII. Electric double-barrel trawl winch with 500 fathoms on each barrel. (HR Records, HR/2/3/4 (Aberdeen City Archives))
Motor by screw. British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow type M45M, Engine No. 669.
2 stroke, single acting, 5-cylinder, 340mm bore x 570mm stroke, 700 b.h.p. @ 250 r.p.m.
Auxiliaries: -
Lister 3VPM, 278 b.h.p. @ 1000 r.p.m. with 15kW x 220 volt generator.
Lister 2VPM, 18 b.h.p. @ 1000 r.p.m. with 7½ kW x 220 volt generator.
Barford vertical cross-tube boiler 2’ 0” x 5’ 0”, 80 p.s.i.
7’ 6” diameter 4-bladed solid Steven & Struthers bronze.
See also:
http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52146&vessel=STAR+OF+SCOTLAND
History (NMS): - http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-180-002-079-C
Photographs in Aberdeen City Archive: - HR/2/7/401/20, 435/26/1 to /8 and 463/1 to /8.
