LOCH WASDALE
Date1915
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 116' 2" x breadth 22' x 12'
tonnage 210 tons
tonnage 210 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000840
Keywords
Yard Number: 417.
Fate: Stranded on the Skerry Rock off Boddam in a gale 15 December 1942. Crew rescued by Peterhead lifeboat.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1915: White Star Steam Fishing Company Limited.
10/1915: Requisitioned in October 1915.
1919: Returned to owners.
1939: Malcolm Smith Ltd, Aberdeen.
General History:
16/12/1942:
'Lifeboat Rescue Thrills'
'The crew of a trawler was rescued in the nick of time when their vessel went ashore on the noted Skerry Rock, between Peterhead and Boddam early yesterday morning.
'The rescue was in large measure a personal triumph for Captain James Winter. Peterhead's sixty-nine-year-old harbour master, who acting as coxswain of Peterhead lifeboat, took the lifeboat through a gale and heavy seas to the trawler.
'The trawler was down at the after end and the waves were breaking high over the crew who had gathered at the head. Despite the rock Captain Winter succeeded in taking the lifeboat alongside.
'Skilful Handling
'The rescue craft was rising twelve feet with every wave, but so skilfully was she handled that that each time a trawlerman was able to jump aboard. All twelve jumped to safety, but the last man, George McRae (63) landed awkwardly on the lifeboat, and before he could be assisted he was crushed between the two vessels. He was taken to hospital.
'Shortly after the crew were taken off the trawler caught fire. Later the boilers exploded and in about three and a half hours after going on the rocks she had sunk.
She had a large catch of fish.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)
23/01/1943:
Captain James Winter received the RNLI Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue. "It was a very fine piece of work," said an official of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. "They are a grand lot of fellows these lifeboat-men at Peterhead," he added, "Captain Winter's actions was typical of their attitude towards life-saving.'
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)
August 1826
