"Strathcoe" as HMT "Vernon" |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Joe Kerr |
Strathcoe GN 21
Built | 1916 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
Yard No | 592 |
Owner at New | Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brown manager) |
ID no | 139789 |
Launch Date | 07.12.1916 |
Completed | 01.1917 |
Gross Tons | 215 |
Nett Tons | 93 |
Engine | 74 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 117.3ft |
Breadth | 22.1ft |
Depth | 13.8ft |
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Owners | |
02.01.1917 | Registered at Aberdeen A.751 |
01.1917 | Requisitioned from the builders and converted to minesweeper (Ad No.2991) based at Dover. |
08.1918 | Purchased into the Royal Navy |
20.11.1919 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
1919 | Converted to a minelayer capable of carrying 24 mines. |
01.1924 | Converted to a base ship and renamed “VERNON” and attached as a tender to HMS “Vernon” at Portsmouth for mine laying trials. |
1933 | Based at Malta and reverted to “Strathcoe”. |
1938 | Paid off and placed on the Reserve list. |
1939 | Placed on the list of vessels for sale. |
1942 | Employed on Harbour Services (P.No.FY.1594). |
09.1943 | Converted to an ESSO (Fuel carrier). |
04.1946 | Sold to the Mercantile. |
04.1946 | Owned by Granton Trawling Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (William Carnie manager) |
04.1946 | Registered at Granton GN 21 |
1948 | Owned by Alexander Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh. |
11.1952 | Three crewmen namely William Lodge, David Mearns & George Penman washed overboard while gutting 72 miles off Buchan Ness, all three were quickly brought back onboard. |
1953 | Owned by Joe Croan Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (Joe Croan manager) |
1955 | Owned by Bruces Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen A 6 |
1955 | Granton registry closed. |
02.1955 | Registered at Aberdeen A.6. |
04.02.1959 | Ran ashore south of Santoo Head, Hoy Orkney. Force 9 SE gale, crew rescued by Longhope Lifeboat, the RNLI Silver medal awarded to Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick. |
10.06.1959 | At the subsequent Board of Trade Inquiry Skipper James Hird was found to have been negligent and his certificate suspended for two years. |