Built |
1930 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd,
Aberdeen as "Robert Stroud"
(Steel) |
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Yard No |
626 |
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Owner at New |
Stroud's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Horace E. Stroud manager) |
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ID no |
162272 |
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Launch Date |
11.06.1930 |
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Completed |
06.1930 |
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Gross Tons |
219 |
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Nett Tons |
96 |
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Engine |
77 hp
T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
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Length |
117.3ft |
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Breadth |
22.6ft |
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Depth |
12.1ft |
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Owners |
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28.06.1930 |
Registered at Aberdeen A.123 |
08.1939 |
Requisitioned and converted to
minesweeper |
30.09.1942 |
Owned by Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd,
Glasgow (Walter K. Paton Ltd managers) |
04.1946 |
Returned to Owners |
1946 |
Aberdeen registry closed |
1946 |
Renamed "LAURA PATON" |
1946 |
Registered at Glasgow GW 13 |
26.02.1949 |
Rescued five crew from
Norwegian Ship "Trappes" 70 miles East of
Kinnaird's Head. Captain & Mate
stayed onboard the "Trappes". Crew landed at Granton. Skipper F.
Alexander later received a silver cup from King Haakon of Norway
in appreciation regarding the "Trappes" rescue. |
15.04.1957 |
Skipper James Rutherford died from a
heat attack only minutes before reaching the harbour, Mate
Thomas Fairbairn administered medical aid but to no avail |
07.1960 |
Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron
& Steel Co). |
17.07.1960 |
Scrapped by Malcolm Brechin at
Granton Edinburgh. |
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(C)
Scotsman Newspapers Iver R. S. Salvesen, Consul-General of
Norway presents Skipper Frank W. Alexander with the silver cup
gifted by King Haakon of Norway, Vice Admiral Sir Ernest Archer
looking on. |
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