WILLIAM HANNAM
Owner
Admiralty
DateFebruary 1919
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 125 5/6' x breadth 23 7/12' x depth 12 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 276 ton
Gross Tonnage: 276 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000868
Keywords
Yard Number: 448
Official Number: 143940
Subsequent Names: FIRMAN (1950)
Fate: Foundered off Kibrg, North-east Norway in 1957.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Admiralty “Castle” class side trawler, screw, steel.
Owners:
1919: Owned by the Admiralty. Registered at London for commercial sale, LO 383.
10/09/1920: Pater Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Pembroke.
26/07/1939: J. Craig and others, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 54.
03/10/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, boom defence vessel. Pennant No. Z 129. Armament 1 x 12 pdr. gun.
19/10/1942: Owners Dinas Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Fleetwood.
27/12/1943: Acquired by Ministry of War Transport. Based Portsmouth.
04/1946: Offered for sale.
03/1947: Owners Dinas Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., Fleetwood.
1950: Owners Sigy. Risanger, Haugesund, Norway. Renamed FIRMAN. Registered at Haugesund, R-22H.
General History:
Named for William Hannam (21), born Calne, Wiltshire, Ordinary Seaman, HMS VICTORY.
11/1918: Launched. Admiralty No. 4206.
20/02/1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
04/10/1939: Employed carrying bunker coal from the Forth to Aberdeen.
1952: Converted to motor. M.A.N. 4 stroke, single acting, 6-cylinder, 300 b.h.p., built 1938.
09/04/1957: Foundered off Kiberg, north east coast of Norway.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 12½” x 21” x 35” with 26” stroke, 87 RHP by Fawcett, Preston & Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 1619; 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=55017&vessel=WILLIAM+HANNAM
History (FT): - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2009/01/st-william-hannam-a54/
History (LL): - http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/Technical%20details/william_hannam__lo383.htm
Wrecksite (WS): - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?236504
1912
1 February 1911
