STAR OF LIBERTY

Date1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Object numberABDSHIP000719

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 291
Official number: 123368
Subsequent Names: GRAZIELLA (1912); JANE STEPHEN A368 (1928); EILEEN WRAY (1933)

Fate: Scrapped, May 1952.

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

Owners:
1906: Walker Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, fishing number, A88
1912: Societe Anonyme des Pecheries de Biarritz.
1915: Rene Petit & J. Anquetin, Dieppe, registered at Dieppe, D 1659
c.1925: Brunet & Ledoux, Boulogne, registered at Boulogne.
02/12/1928: Stephen Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, A 368.
09/10/1933: W. Wray, Hartlepool, HL 61.
14/11/1940: St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull, registered at Hartlepool.
18/12/1942: Hellyer Bros Ltd., Hull, registered at Hull, H 8
19/10/1945: Humber Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby, registered at Grimsby GY 108
23/05/1952: Registry closed - Demolished.

General History:
18/08/1906: Launched. Named by Miss Lena Torrance, Glasgow.
30/10/1906: Registered at Aberdeen A 88.
07/05/1912: Registry closed, to fish in South African waters. 14/10/1912: Laid up in Victoria Dock, Aberdeen and offered for sale.
17/12/1939: Attacked by German aircraft and badly damaged. Towed to Hartlepool,
but foundered. Refloated and repaired.

Notes: Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion, 12” x 21” x 34” with 23” stroke, 420 i.h.p., 35 n.h.p. by James Abernethy, Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.
Single screw propeller.
1928: Admeasured as 226.5 g.r.t. 98.3 n.r.t.

See also: History (FT): - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2016/05/s-t-eileen-wray-hl61/
History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54860&vessel=STAR+OF+LIBERTY