As George Robb A 406

©©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Robert Isle of Bute

        Elise I. Carnie GN 24         

Built 1930   Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 712
   
Owner at New Robert Carnie,  Granton Edinburgh    (William Carnie manager).
   
ID no 149178
   
Launch Date 30.06.1930
   
Completed 07.1930
   
Gross Tons 217
   
Nett Tons 94
   
Engine 61 hp   T.3-cyl by  Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
   
Length 117.6ft
   
Breadth 22.1ft
   
Depth 12.2ft
   
Owners  
07.1930 Registered at Granton  GN 24.
1935 Owned by George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen  (George Robb manager).
03.1936 Granton registry closed.
17.03.1936  Renamed "GEORGE ROBB".
17.03.1936 Registered at Aberdeen A.406.
30.08.1939 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.685), later purchased into Royal Navy.
01.1946 Sold to the Mercantile.
01.1946 Owned by George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen  (George Robb manager).
10.1959 Major refit and converted to diesel power in Lowestoft.
1954 Lloyd’s class withdrawn.
04.11.1959 Tonnage altered 216.55g/91.24 after re-measurement at Great Yarmouth.
06.12.1959 Ran ashore just north of Duncansby Stacks in storm force conditions, all twelve crewmen were lost. (This was only her second trip after the conversion).
18.03.1960 Aberdeen registry closed.
   

Those Lost:-

 

Marshall Ryles

Skipper

31

525 North Anderson Drive Aberdeen

Peter Dempster

Mate

24

56 Alexander Drive Hayton

Bruno Saborowski

2nd Fisherman

39

62 Crombie Road Aberdeen

William McKay

Chief Engineer

35

67 Strathmore Street Mastrick Aberdeen

Robert Dugan

2nd Engineer

38

41 Arbroath Way Kincorth

William Farquar

Fireman

47

1 Slater Crescent Portknockie

William Duthie

Cook

47

4 Beacon Cotts Cairnbulg

James Findlay

Deckhand

30

47 Davidson Place Mastrick Aberdeen

James Adams

Deckhand

45

54 Marchburn Crescent Northfield

David Lockhart

Deckhand

 

72 Grampian Place Aberdeen

Albert Smith

Deckhand

45

41 Alexander Drive Hayton

George Duffy

Deckhand

25

42 Menzies Road Aberdeen