PORT JACKSON

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1904

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 7" x breadth 21' 8" x depth 11' 8"
gross tonnage 197 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000676

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 250
Official Number: 114303

Fate: Grounded on rocks at Scotstoun Head, 23 August 1935.

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

Owners:
12/03/1904: John Millington Jackson, St. Anne’s on the Sea 18 shares; John Liver, Fairhaven 11 shares; Sara Jane Astley, Blackpool, 11 shares; Horace Bourne, Adlington, Chorley 8 shares; Isaac Miller, Knott End, 7 shares; Walter Smith, Blackpool, 6 shares; Samuel Knapman, Fleetwood (master) 2 shares; William Henry Gilmour, Fleetwood, 1 share.
13/04/1904: Registered at Fleetwood, FD 6.
29.05.1917: Requisitioned into the Fishery Reserve, Ad, No. 3111. Flew the white ensign and continued fishing under naval control.
1919: Returned to owners.
1919: J. F. Kelsall, Fleetwood, fishing number, FD6.
1932: Kelsall & Blackburn Ltd, Fleetwood.
20/11/1934: Regent Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A222.
11/1934: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
04/09/1935: Aberdeen registry closed.

General History:
Port Jackson: - The harbour of Sydney, N.S.W.

12/03/1904: Launched. Christened by Miss E.J. Duthie as proxy for Miss Jackson, sister of the owner.
30/03/1904: Trial trip in Aberdeen Bay.
01/09/1907: Landed the crew of the Milford drifter EFFORT.
01/01/1914: Admeasured at 76.03 n.r.t.
22/12/1917: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr gun (No.8683).
12/02/1927: In dense fog struck quayside at Fleetwood while manoeuvring, causing minor damage.
10/08/1931: Arrested by HMS SPEY for alleged illegal fishing in the Firth of Clyde.
11/08/1931: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Henry Stirzaker Dutton pleaded guilty. A fine of £100 was imposed but Sk. Dutton could not pay and was sent to prison for 60 days; nets in use at the time of arrest were forfeited.
23/08/1935: Shifting grounds in dense fog, stranded on submerged reef off Scotstoun Head, north of Peterhead; five crew members taken off by Peterhead lifeboat. Sk. Bavidge and three crew decided to stand by the trawler in the ship’s boat, but when only the funnel was visible, the lifeboat returned
and brought them to Peterhead.

CREW LIST – all saved. See the Angela Bavidge document in “Shipping” file.
Bavidge, Samuel Charles, 22 Claremont Street, Aberdeen. Skipper.
Coulthard, William, 37 Commerce Street, Aberdeen. Deckhand.
Cow, Thomas, School Drive, Aberdeen. Fireman.
Hutchison, A., East End Villa, Footdee, Aberdeen. 2nd Engineer.
Pyper, William, 42 Charles Street, Aberdeen. Chief Engineer
Russell, James, 42 Castle Street, Aberdeen. Cook
Smith, Angus, 77 Catherine Street, Aberdeen. Mate.
Stewart, James, 15 Torry Battery, Aberdeen. Deckhand.
Stewart, W., 57 Summer Street, Aberdeen. 2nd Fisherman.

Note: Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, compound engine 12” x 19½” x 32” with 23” stroke, 380 i.h.p., 51 r.h.p. by W.V.V. Lidgerwood Ltd., Glasgow.
Boiler by James Abernethy & Co. Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: number 1.S.B.; Heating area (ft^2) 1243; Diameter 12'; Length 10'; Furnaces 2 p.f.; Pressure (p.s.i) 180
Single screw propellor.

History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=53764&vessel=PORT+JACKSON
History (FT): - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2009/01/st-port-jackson-fd6/
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm
Wrecksite (WS): - http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?238986
Canmore: - https://canmore.org.uk/site/208376/port-jackson-scotstown-head-north-sea
Rescue of crew of EFFORT: - Pembroke Guardian, 06/09/1907