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1915 Hall Russell
& Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
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Yard No |
570 |
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Owner at New |
John Stewart Boyle, Glasgow
(owner/manager) |
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ID no |
137800 |
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Launch Date |
12.07.1915 |
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Completed |
08.1915 |
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Gross Tons |
224 |
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Nett Tons |
99 |
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Engine |
83 hp T.3-cyl by Hall
Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
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Length |
120.7ft |
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Breadth |
22.7ft |
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Depth |
12.2ft |
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Owners |
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03.08.1915 |
Registered at Glasgow GW 3 |
09.1915 |
Requisitioned and converted to
minesweeper (Ad.No.1311) based
at Cromarty. |
01.06.1916 |
Temporary Skipper Lewis
Whyte (37) Aberdeen died of
pneumonia. |
1918 |
Owned by Port St Mary Fishing & Curing Co
Ltd, London (Joseph A. Taylor
manager). |
1919 |
Returned to Owners |
07.1919 |
Glasgow registry closed. |
01.08.1919 |
Registered at Fleetwood FD 338. |
04.1924 |
Owned by James Lyle, Newhaven,
Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
02.051924 |
Fleetwood registry closed. |
06.05.1924 |
Registered at Granton GN 4. |
10.02.1940 |
Sunk by enemy aircraft (KG 26) bomb
and machine gun
attack 115 miles E x N from Aberdeen. Skipper Oliver Bell and
nine crew took to the small boat, later rescued by HMT
"Alamandine" (H415) (P.No.FY.645), after spending 50hrs in small boat using a blanket
as a sail, all men suffering from exposure. |
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Crew:- Oliver Bell,
skipper; J.M. Linton, Mate; W. Wilson, Deckhand: W. Taylor Snr,
Deckhand: W. Taylor Jnr, Deckhand: R. NcNab; Chief Engineer: T.
Shanley, 2nd Engineer: W. Wilson, Fireman: G. Fagen, Trimmer and
T. Arbuckle, Cook. |
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Captain Oliver Bell RNVR
© Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Jean Bell, Mary Bell, Margaret McDonald
and Margaret Wallace.
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Newspaper
clipping 1940 |
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