LOBELIA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1898

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 110' x breadth 20.8' x depth 11.3'
gross tonnage 184 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000612

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 197
Official Number: 108433
Subsequent Names: LOBELIA II (12/1915)

Fate: Mined off Fanad Point, Lough Swilly, 9 April 1917.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1898: C. Morley & W. Goff, Waterford.
1903: Southern Steam Trawling Co., (Manager: C. C. Morley)
1908: Owned by Southern Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Milford
04/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to minesweeper. (Admy.no. 974)

Masters:
1898: Master H. Smith

General History:
09/04/1917: Mined off Fanad Point, Lough Swilly, mines had been laid by U-78 (Kapitänleutnant Otto Dröscher). 11 casualties.
(Source: www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/)
Crew list when lost available at: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155223

Note: Engines by Whyte & Mair, Dundee: Triple expansion. 3 cylinder 12", 19½ & 32" diameter, 22" stroke (r), boiler pressure 180lb, 61 RHP, 1SB, 2PF, GS34, HS1080