ABERDEEN VENTURER

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

Date9 June 1960

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115'10" x breadth 26' x depth 13'3"
gross tonnage: 298 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002572

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 885

Fate: Broken up in UK, March 1980.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1960: Aberdeen Motor Trawlers Limited, fishing number, A488
1973: Aberdeen Near Water Trawlers (part of John Wood Group).

General History:
31/08/1976:
account of how the ABERDEEN VENTURER (owners given as John Wood Group, Aberdeen) and the BEN TARBET collided outside Peterhead's 'Bay of Refuge'. ABERDEEN VENTURER's skipper was charged with culpable homicide as two crew members of BEN TARBET were lost - but they denied the charges.
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)

Classed by Lloyd's Register until 18 November 1977.

Notes:
"Mrs. C. E. Miller, wife of one of the owning's company's directors carried out the naming ceremony".
Photographs in the volume include:
i) "Mrs. C. E. Miller speeds Aberdeen Venturer down the ways",
ii) "The launch of the ship"
iii) "Entering Aberdeen Harbour after first fishing trip".
('Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal', vol. 26, no. 4 (April 1961), p. 117)
1972: Special survey carried out.