SEMNOS
Date24 January 1914
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Object numberABDSHIP000835
Keywords
Yard Number: 396
Official number: 133664
Fate: Demolished in Germany in 1959.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side, steam, screw, steel.
Owners:
17/02/1914: National Steam Fishing Co. Aberdeen Ltd, registered at Aberdeen, A 18.
03/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper. A. No. 1195. Armament 1 x 3 pdr. gun.
04/1918: Friarage Steam Fishing Co, Ltd., Hartlepool
01/05/1918: Registered at Hartlepool, HL 91.
1920: Returned to owners.
1925: William Carnie, Newhaven.
1926: Registered at Granton, GN 25.
1935: Alexander Carnie, Granton.
10/10/1936: Silver Star Fishing Co Ltd., Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 423.
11/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, as a dan layer (marking minefields), later auxiliary patrol vessel. Pennant No. FY 726
14/05/1942: Regent Fishing Co. (Aberdeen) Ltd., Aberdeen.
10/1945: Returned to owners.
05/10/1950: John Walker, Aberdeen.
11/10/1950: Iver Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
06/01/1959: Registry closed, sold to German owners for demolition.
General History:
28/04/1925: John Dryburgh (30), fatally injured in trawl winch.
28/12/1929: John Lipscombe (33), deckhand, washed overboard and lost.
13/12/1958: Last recorded landing at Aberdeen.
Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 11½” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 70 r.h.p. by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge.
Boiler number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1250; furnaces 3 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Single screw propeller.
See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54965&vessel=SEMNOS
History (GT) - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Semnos%20GN%2025.htm
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#S
WW II Service (BC): - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm
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