SOLA
Date4 February 1920
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 123.3 x breadth 22.1' x depth 11.6'
gross tonnage 227 tons (NRT 92 tons)
gross tonnage 227 tons (NRT 92 tons)
Object numberABDSHIP000874
Keywords
Yard Number: 454.
Official Number: 141954.
Subsequent Names: ZELOS (1936)
Fate: Foundered after being bombed by German aircraft. 29 miles SW x S from Cape Wrath, 18/12/1939.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, side steam screw, steel.
Owners:
20/04/1920: New Docks Steam Trawling Co. (Fleetwood) Ltd, (Joseph A. Taylor & Ernest Tomlinson managers), registered at Fleetwood, FD 369 (FT)
13/07/1926: Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool, registered at Liverpool, LL 45. (FT)
1936: William Carnie Junior, Glasgow. Renamed ZELOS, registered at Granton GN 45. (FT)
General History:
05/02/1920:
'LAUNCH OF A TRAWLER
The firm of John Duthie and Co., shipbuilders, from their yard at Torry, yesterday launched the steam trawler SOLA, built to the order of a Fleetwood firm. The vessel measures 123 feet long by 22 feet broad, by 12 feet 6 inches deep, and is to be completely fitted up by the builders'.
(Aberdeen Press & Journal)
13/12/1924: Towed the 'GLADYS FD 423' 690 miles from Torshavn to Fleetwood after Gladys' propeller was fouled by the trawl warp and lost on the Faroe Grounds and she had been towed in by a Norwegian steamer. The tow took 5½ days.
29/03/1936: Picked up survivors from the foundered Aberdeen trawler CHANCELLOR A 206 about 29 miles SWxS from Cape Wrath (FT)
18/12/1939: Foundered 112 miles ExN of May Island after being bombed by German aircraft (FT)
Notes: Sister ship to MEROA.
Engine Details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion, 12" x 20" x 34" with 24" stroke, 79 r.h.p. by Wm. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Coatbridge
Boiler number 1 S.B., heating area 1474 ft2, furnaces 3 p.f., pressure 180 PSI.
See also: History (WS): https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?236946
History (FT): http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/category/steam-trawlers.page/178/
History (GN): http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Zelos%20GN%2045.htm
History (LR): Lloyd's Register of Shipping
July 1920
