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
gross tonnage: 298 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002572
Keywords
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.
15 February 1858
