Strathugie A 61
Built | 1914 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
Yard No | 543 |
Owner at New | Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brown manager) |
ID no | 137150 |
Launch Date | 27.05.1914 |
Completed | 07.1914 |
Gross Tons | 210 |
Nett Tons | 90 |
Engine | 74 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 115.5ft |
Breadth | 22.1ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
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29.07.1914 | Registered at Aberdeen A.61. |
1914 | Requisitioned and converted to
minesweeper (Ad No.1570) based
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1919 | Returned to Owners. |
05.06.1920 | Manger becomes Sir John Brown. |
05.1926 | George Massie appointed manager. |
11.10.1929 | Rescued the crew of Faeroese schooner "Marta" after she had caught fire. 5 crewmen saved Skipper & Cook lost. The Shipwrecked Fisherman & Mariners Committee regarded the case as a very exemplary one, and awarded Skipper George Summers, an Aneroid with inscription, a purse of £5, also the Society's Silver Medal, and to each of the eight other members of the crew, the Silver Medal and a purse of £3. |
23.12.1929 | Ran ashore at Rerwick Head Orkney, crew saved by Deerness Rocket Brigade. Towed to Aberdeen by Leith Salvage Co tug "Bullger" for repairs to be carried out. |
27.08.1930 | Skipper George Summers was awarded a gold watch and each of the crew a parchment letter bound in morocco by the danish Government for their part in the rescue on 11.10.1929. |
1938 | Walter Rhind appointed manager. |
01.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Dan Laying Vessel. |
09.1940 | Converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.1941). |
31.10.1942 | Owned by Archibald Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
19.07.1945 | Owned by East Anglia Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Harvey W. Wilson manager). |
19.07.1945 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
07.1945 | Registered at Grimsby GY 73. |
09.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
1946 | Owned by James Crighton Robertson, Aberdeen. |
02.1946 | Grimsby registry closed. |
06.02.1946 | Registered at Aberdeen A.610. |
18.06.1946 | Owned by Broomhill Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. |
1956 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £3400 |
27.03.1956 | Arrived at Charlestown, Fife. |
04.1956 | Scrapped by Shipbreaking Industries at Charlestown Fife. |
13.08.1956 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
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