WHOOPER

Date1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125' x breadth 23'2 x depth 14'
gross tonnage 302 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002772

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding.
Yard Number: 402.

Fate: Mined off Lowestoft, 30 June 1916.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler.

Owners:
1914: Cygnet Steam Fishing Co. Ltd (Manager R. W. Mason), fishing number, FD15.
12/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty, converted into a minesweeper, Admiralty no. 668.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 520)

Triple expansion engines 3 Cylinders of 12½", 21" and 35" diameter - 27" stroke.