S.T. Strathblair A132
Technical
Official Number: 162273
Yard Number: 714
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 216
Net Tonnage: 94
Length: 117.7 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
History
21.8.1930: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.714) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (G. Massie, manager) as STRATHBLAIR.
17.9.1930: Registered at Aberdeen (A132).
9.1930: Completed.
1938: W. Rhind designated manager.
29.12.1942: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managers). Fished Home and Faroes grounds (Sk. Edward ‘Laddy’ Bush, Gt. Yarmouth).
1946: Transferred to Gt. Yarmouth.
17.4.1947: Sold to Elizabeth Anne Davidson, Aberdeen.
1948: Sold to Thomas Davidson Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
1950: Sold to Colonial Development Corporation, London.
11.1950: Taken in hand by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd and fitted with refrigeration plant, fish room modified with metal boxes on railed shelving, crew accommodation air conditioned and other improvements.
17.1.1951: Completed successful trials in Aberdeen Bay.
24.1.1951: Sailed Aberdeen for Lagos (Sk. Tom Normandale).
1954: Sold to Nigerian Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, Lagos (Frederick A. J. Simpson, manager).
1978: Sold for breaking up.
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S.T. Strathblair A132
Picture courtesy of George Coull
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