SIR GERAINT
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1942
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 125' x breadth 23' 6" x depth 13' 9"
103 tons
103 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000109
Keywords
Yard Number: 163
Official number: 182014
Subsequent Names: STAR OF THE SOUTH A398 (1942), HAVEN STAR (1958).
Fate: Demolished by Hammond Lane Metals Ltd., Dublin, 1962.
Description: Round Table class trawler (T.240), side, steam, screw, steel. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. A.A. gun + 1 x 20mm Oerlikon, + 2 machine guns.
Owners:
1942: Royal Navy.
04/1946: Sold commercial. Converted to trawling.
08/08/1947: Walker Steam Trawling and Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
08/09/1958: Edgar Erel Carter, Milford Haven. (Westward Trawlers Ltd.)
General History:
Based on the trawler STAR OF ORKNEY, built by Hall, Russell in 1936. eight vessels were built, four by Hall, Russell and four by John Lewis.
13/06/1941: Ordered.
20/11/1941: Laid Down.
15/04/1942: Launched.
08/07/1942: Full power trials in Torry Dock.
10/07/1942: Commissioned as a minelayer. Displacement 440 tons.
08/08/1947: Renamed STAR OF THE SOUTH. Registered at Aberdeen Official No. 182014. Fishing No. A 398. 274.65 g.r.t., 103.08 n.r.t.
26/01/1954: Grounded while leaving Stromness. Refloated herself on the next tide.
21/10/1958: Renamed HAVEN STAR. Registered at Milford Haven, M 144.
04/1962: Demolished at Dublin.
Note: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12½” x 21” x 35” with 26” stroke, 600 i.h.p. Lewis Engine No. 240. Boiler by John G. Kincaid, Greenock.
Boiler: Number 1 S.B.; Heating area (ft^2) 1706; Diameter 13' 6"; Length 10' 10 1/4"; Furnaces 3 PW flanged 3' 4 3/8" dia. Pressure (p.s.i) 200
See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54491&vessel=SIR+GERAINT
History (LL): - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/haven_star.htm
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