PRINCESS ROYAL
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1960
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 114 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 300 ton
gross tonnage: 300 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002570
Keywords
Yard Number: 883
Subsequent Names: ADMIRAL NELSON (1963-1982); GRAMPIAN ADMIRAL (1982-2010)
Fate: unknown after 2010.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Side Fishing Trawler
Owners:
1960: Carry On Fishing Co.
1962: Sold to Don Fishing Co. Aberdeen.
date?: Owned by Great Western Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen, A469.
1963: Renamed ADMIRAL NELSON and owned by Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Ltd.
1980: Converted to side trawler fishing.
1981: Owned by J Craig Ltd, Aberdeen. Converted to a motor stand-by safety vessel for offshore installations.
1982: Renamed the GRAMPIAN ADMIRAL. Owners now Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Ltd.
1986: Owner now The John Wood Group and George Craig & Sons Ltd.
1988: Importing Ltd., Aberdeen.
1991: James Rodrick, Aberdeen.
1994: Crossvend Ltd, Aberdeen.
2002: Fondo Fishing Ltd., Aberdeen.
General History:
This vessel was converted from fishing to stand by duties in 1980. She was then converted back to fishing in 1986 in the Spanish fishing layout style of fishing boats. Original engines at build of ship ere still working on board.
In 2010, GRAMPIAN ADMIRAL was still in operation and owned by Fondo Fishing Ltd (International Maritime Services Ltd) Aberdeen with licence no. A40. She fished out of and landed her fish in Spain where her owners resided.
Notes:
The PRINCESS ROYAL was named by Mrs J. R. D. Murray. The PRINCESS ROYAL is the siter ship to the BOSTON WASP.
Photographs, p114:
i) Mrs J.R.D. Murray named the PRINCESS ROYAL
ii) The PRINCESS ROYAL entering the water at Aberdeen
('Burntisland Group Journal', vol. 26, no. 4 (April 1961), pp.114-15)
