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Ben Idris GN 7
Built | 1931 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
Yard No | 722 |
Owner at New | Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John Hannel Irvin, K.B.E. Aberdeen manager) |
ID no | 148812 |
Launch Date | 30.04.1931 |
Completed | 06.1931 |
Gross Tons | 232 |
Nett Tons | 101 |
Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 117.7ft |
Breadth | 22.6ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
Owners | |
10.06.1931 | Registered at North Shields SN 137 |
15.10.1931 | Owned by Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd & Archibald M. Meikle, North Shields (Sir John Hannel Irvin, K.B.E. Aberdeen manager) |
15.02.1933 | Owned by Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John Hannel Irvin, K.B.E. Aberdeen manager). |
1939 | Requisitioned as an Examination Vessel (P.No. FY1766) and based on the Tyne. |
18.04.1941 | Collided with and sank Armed Patrol Vessel HMD “Young Ernie” YH 55 (88g /1924) off Tynemouth. |
06.03.1942 | Owned by Carnie & Gibb Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (William Carnie Jnr manager). |
1941 | Converted to minesweeper. |
11.08.1945 | North Shields registry closed. |
08.1945 | Registered at Granton GN 7. |
09.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
Pre1960 | Owned by Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh. |
11.1961 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £2750. |
22.11.1961 | Arrived at Charlestown Fife |
29.11.1961 | Scrapped by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd at Charlestown Fife |