As A 605 at Lerwick
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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As A 605 at Lerwick |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Bilsdean GN 15
| Built | 1917 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen as "Sarrail" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 531 |
| Owner at New | John Edward Rushworth, William Henry Bellamy, Joseph Davison, William Upham Carlile Westaby, Grimsby (John Edward Rushworth owner/manager). |
| ID no | 139954 |
| Launch Date | 06.1917 |
| Completed | 06.1917 |
| Gross Tons | 255 |
| Nett Tons | 101 |
| Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Length | 120.2ft |
| Breadth | 22.5ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
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| 12.07.1917 | Registered at Grimsby GY 1071. |
| 07.1917 | Requisitioned from the builders and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.3050) based at Malta. |
| 13.07.1917 | Mortgaged by John Edward Rushworth, William Henry Bellamy, Joseph Davison, William Upham Carlile Westaby, Grimsby (A). |
| 13.07.1917 | Mortgagee: Barclays Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 06.11.1917 | Mortgage (A) dischaged. |
| 06.11.1917 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 08.11.1917 | John Edward Rushworth, Gimsby appointed manager. |
| 08.11.1917 | Mortgaged by Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (B). |
| 08.11.1917 | Mortgagee: Barclays Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 05.03.1918 | Mortgage (B) discharged. |
| 08.03.1918 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. |
| 11.03.1918 | William Richard Nowell appointed manager. |
| 01.07.1918 | Sailed Devonport for Falmouth. |
| 06.07.1918 | Sailed Falmouth escorting Convoy O.F.42 to Mediterranean. |
| 21.08.1918 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 22.08.1918 | Registered at Hull H 730. |
| 03.12.1918 | Owned by Ernest Taylor, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager). |
| Post 12.03.1919 | Returned to Owners ay Grimsby. |
| 04.1920 | Owned by A Jonkheere/Ernest Taylor Thornton, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor manager). |
| 03.05.1920 | Hull registry closed. |
| 07.05.1920 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 373. |
| 1925 | Owned by Mrs I. G. Skoyles, Pitfodels Aberdeenshire (Harry A. Skoyles manager) |
| 23.01.1925 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
| 27.01.1925 | Registered at Aberdeen A.77. |
| 1926 | Re-measured 242g/95n |
| 1926 | Owned by Pesquera Vasco Gallega Soc Ltda, Cadiz Spain. |
| 16.04.1926 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| 1926 | Renamed "AROSA". |
| 1926 | Registered at Vigo. |
| 1929 | Owned by Archibald Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
| 1930 | Vigo registry closed. |
| 1930 | Renamed "BILSDEAN". |
| 1930 | Registered at Granton GN 15. |
| 1930 | Tonnage reverted to 254.8g/100.9n. |
| 27.02.1940 | Attacked by German aircraft in North Sea, no damage to ship. |
| 28.02.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.503) (Hire rate £70.11s.8d/month). |
| 1944 | Owned by Miss Jemima Porter, Aberdeen (James Porter manager). |
| 01.11.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
| 01.11.1945 | Granton registry closed. |
| 01.11.1945 | Registered at Aberdeen A.605. |
| 1960 | Sold as scrap to J. Cameron, Peterhead. |
| 17.10.1960 | Resold as scrap to Jacques Bakker & Sons at Bruges Belgium. |
| 27.10.1960 | Arrived at Bruges. |
| 10.1960 | Scrapped by Jacques Bakker & Sons at Bruges Belgium. |
| 03.11.1960 | Aberdeen registry closed. |