DANESTON

Date1915

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120' 4" x breadth 22' 7" x depth 14' 6"
tonnage 239 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000837

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 410
Official number: 137161
Subsequent Names: STAR OF PENTLAND (18/05/1939); VIKING PIONEER (28/08/1946).

Fate: Demolished in February of 1960 by Montrose Shipbreaking and Engineering Co. Ltd., Montrose.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
02/1915: J. Graham, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 245.
06/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, boom defence vessel.
1920: Returned to owners, Grampian Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1929: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1945: Morrice Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
1946: George Robb & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen.
17/02/1959: Reported as sold to Montrose Developments Ltd. for further service.
26/02/1960: Arrived at Montrose for demolition.

General History:
12/11/1929: Fireman William Finniemore Luke (33) went missing at the time the trawler left Granton and may have been lost overboard.
25/01/1933: Arrived at Aberdeen towing the STAR OF PEACE whose boiler had broken adrift off Orkney.
28/08/1933: Skipper Brodie fined £3 for entering Aberdeen while the port was closed.
11/02/1939: Arrived at Aberdeen under tow by the STRATHRANNOCH after its tailshaft broke off the Orkneys.
18/05/1939: Notice for change of name to STAR OF PENTLAND.
29/08/1946: Notice to rename vessel VIKING PIONEER.
12/06/1952: Crew member William Potter burned about the face. While charging the vessel’s carbide chamber, he had struck a match to see inside.
04/12/1958: Put into Aberdeen with boiler trouble.

Notes:
From 1955 to 1956, the trawler SHAMA was renamed DANESTON with the Fishing No. A 246.
Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12” x 20” x 34” with 23” stroke, 460 i.h.p., 70 r.h.p., by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow.
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=54979&vessel=DANESTON
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar1.htm#d