ERN

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1900

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Object numberABDSHIP000645

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 210
Official number: 108680
Subsequent Name: VILLE DE DIJON (1912)

Fate: Scrapped 1931.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side, steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
17/03/1900: D Sherrit, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 143.
1910: George Leslie, Aberdeen.
14/09/1910: Silver City Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1912: Societe Francaise d’Alimentation et Chanaud et Cie, Havre.
1930: Ch. Peyrissac & Co, Dakar.

General History:
05/02/1900: Launched. Named by Miss Douglas Mary Sherrit (14), daughter of the owner.

06/02/1900:
LAUNCH OF A TRAWLER
There was launched yesterday afternoon from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs John Duthie, Sons, and Company. Footdee, a finely modelled steam trawler, built to the order of Mr David Sherrit, trawl owner, Aberdeen. The dimensions of the vessel are - Length, 119 feet; breadth, 21 feet; and depth 11 feet 6 inches. The vessel will be fitted with triple expansion engines, and all the latest improvements for the prosecution of trawl fishing. She has a net tonnage of 180. The launch was very successful, and as the vessel left the ways, she was named the Ern by Miss Douglas Mary Sherrit, daughter of the owner, who was present accompanied by a few friends.
(Aberdeen Journal)

1901: David Sherrit was listed as a mechanical engineer.
01/02/1912: Last Aberdeen landing record found.

Notes:
ERN – White tailed sea eagle.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 11” x 18” x 30” with 22” stroke, 50 r.h.p., 59 n.h.p. by Clyne, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1118; furnaces 2 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 160
Single screw propeller.

See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.phpyear_built=&builder=&a1Page=16&ref=53724&vessel=ERN