FORT ROYAL

Shipbuildervessel built by John Lewis & Sons (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)

Date1931

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 140 1/3' x breadth 23 11/12' x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 351 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000073

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 125

Fate: Sunk by aircraft, Aberdeen Bay, 9 February 1940.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

General History:
11/09/1931: Builder's certificate issued.
Requisitioned in August 1939 and converted to a minesweeper. Subsequently purchased into the Royal Navy. Formed a minesweeping group ICW OHM, Robert Bowen and Thomas Altoft based at Aberdeen for sweeping off the NE coast of Scotland.
The Group was sweeping approximately 20 miles NE of Aberdeen on 9 February when they were attacked by 2 Heinkel 111s. In the second strike, FORT ROYAL was struck simultaneously by two bombs and sank in just three minutes.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 172)

Note: Engine number 208, boiler no. 172