JAMES ALDRIDGE
Owner
Admiralty
Date10 April 1917
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115 9/12' x breadth 22 1/6' x depth 12'
Gross Tonnage: 221 ton
Gross Tonnage: 221 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000850
Keywords
Yard Number: 429
Official number: 144325
Subsequent Names: SYLVERDYKE (1937); GLENBURN (1956).
Fate: Scrapped May 1958.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: “Strath” class trawler, side, screw, steel.
Owners:
05/1917: Royal Navy
24/08/1920: Registered at London for commercial sale. LO417. Allocated Official No. 144325.
1923: Brand & Curzon Ltd., Milford Haven
1928: John Stewart Boyle, Glasgow.
03/1928: Registered at Glasgow, GW40.
1932: W. A. Mackie, Aberdeen
1934: Bracken Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
12/11/1937: Iver Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A459.
11/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel.
01/1940: Returned to owners.
14/11/1941: Iver Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
25/04/1947: Iona Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.
06/11/1950: Joseph Craig and Magnus John Slater, Aberdeen
General History:
05/1917: Commissioned as minesweeper. Ad. No. 3614. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. gun.
23/04/1935: Collided with the wooden Peterhead steam drifter GREEN PASTURESmoff Black Dog. Bow of drifter damaged.
20/04/1951: Renamed GLENBURN.
03/01/1954: Broke adrift from moorings in Aberdeen Harbour and went ashore on a sandbank. Towed off by tug DANNY without damage.
07/05/1958: Arrived at Hamburg for demolition.
Notes:
Named for James Aldridge (23), born Heath, Hampshire, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Victory.
Non-standard Strath class.
Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine,12” x 20” x 33” with 22”, 430 i.h.p., 57 r.h.p. by James Abernethy, Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen.
Boiler - number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1250; furnaces 2 p.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller - Single screw, 8’ 4” dia. solid, cast iron.
See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54998&vessel=JAMES+ALDRIDGE
History (LL) - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/Technical%20details/james_aldridge_lo417.htm
History (GT) - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/James%20Aldridge%20GW%2040.htm
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#J
