S.T. Strathspey A92

Technical

Official Number: 123361
Yard Number: 406
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 202
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 113.0 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

22.6.1906: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.406) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brown, manager) as STRATHSPEY.
8.1906: Completed.
8.8.1906: Registered at Aberdeen (A92).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1169). Based Dover.
12.11.1918: Sold to North Sea Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough.
1919: Returned to owner.
9.5.1920: Picked up nine survivors from TARANAKI (SH225) which foundered 35 miles NE of Scarborough, after sustaining damage from a mine which exploded on deck on release from the trawl.
1926: Sold to Thomas H. Scales & Son, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1935: Company re-styled, T. H. Scales & Sons Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z161) (Hire rate £50.10.0d/month).
4.5.1942: Returned to owner.
1943: Sold to J. Mackie & A. Robertson Jnr, Aberdeen.
1952: Sold for breaking up. Aberdeen registry closed.

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