Starbank  LH 154

Built 1912   Hall Russell & Co Ltd,  Aberdeen as "Star of the Empire"  (Steel)
   
Yard No 521
   
   
Owner at New Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen   (Andrew Walker manager)
   
ID no 133620
   
Launch Date 21.12.1912
   
Completed 01.1913
   
Gross Tons 217
   
Nett Tons 87
   
Engine 82 hp  T.3-cyl  Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
   
Length 115.3ft
   
Breadth 22.6ft
   
Depth 12.9ft

 

Owners  
03.01.1913 Registered at Aberdeen A.509
08.1914 Requisitioned  and converted to minesweeper (Ad No.318) based in the Aegean Sea.
1919 Returned to Owners.
1920 Owned by Stepney Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Scarborough (Abraham Moore manager).  
23.02.1920 Aberdeen registry closed.
27.02.1920 Registered at Scarborough SH 236.
21.09.1922 Owned by Co-operative Fishing Society Ltd, Scarborough (Charles A. Oxley manager).
1929 Owned by Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker manager).
21.11.1929 Scarborough registry closed.
22.11.1929 Registered at Aberdeen A.68.
1933 Owned by Thomas H. Scales & Son, Newhaven Edinburgh (Thomas Harrison Scales Jnr manager).
25.07.1933 Aberdeen registry closed.
26.07.1933 Renamed  "STARBANK"
26.07.1933 Registered at Leith LH 154.
1935 Owned by Thomas H. Scales & Sons Ltd, Newhaven Edinburgh (Thomas Harrison Scales Jnr manager).
1945 Owned by Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen   (Thomas Walker manager).
04.1946 Leith registry closed.
23.04.1946 Registered at Aberdeen A.70.
24.10.1946 Towed into Thorshavn, Faeroe Islands with engine failure by Faeroese trawler "Vandberg" .
28.04.1947 Owned by James A. Mackie, Aberdeen. 
06.1952 Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £2000.
21.06.1952 Arrived at Charlestown Fife.
24.06.1952 Scrapped by Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd  at Charlestown, Fife. 
09.03.1953  Aberdeen registry closed.