In Aberdeen as A 423
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Joe Kerr
Semnos GN 25
Built | 1914 John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Yard No | 396 |
Owner at New | National Steam Fishing Co (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen (William R. George manager) |
ID no | 133644 |
Launch Date | 29.01.1914 |
Completed | 02.1914 |
Gross Tons | 216 |
Nett Tons | 80 |
Engine | 70 hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
Length | 115.3ft |
Breadth | 22.6ft |
Depth | 12.3ft |
Owners | |
17.02.1914 | Registered at Aberdeen A.18. |
03.1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. |
04.1918 | Owned by Friarage Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hartlepool (James B. Graham manager). |
29.04.1918 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
01.05.1918 | Registered at Hartlepool HL 91. |
1919 | Returned to Owners. |
1925 | Owned by William Carnie & Others, Granton Edinburgh (William Carnie manager). |
28.04.1925 | John Dryburgh (30) Newhaven,Edinburgh, fatally injured at the winch. |
1926 | Hartlepool registry closed. |
1926 | Registered at Granton GN 25. |
28.12.1929 | John Lipscombe (33) deckhand, Leith Edinburgh washed overboard and drowned on passage home in the North Sea. |
1935 | Owned by Alexander Carnie, Granton, Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
1936 | Owned by Silver Star Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Andrew Craig manager). |
10.1936 | Granton registry closed. |
10.10.1936 | Registered at Aberdeen A.423. |
11.1939 | Requisitioned and converted to a Dan Laying Vessel (P.No.FY.726), later converted to an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel. |
14.05.1942 | Owned by Regent Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker manager). |
10.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
05.10.1950 | Owned by John Walker, Aberdeen |
31.10.1950 | Owned by Iver Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Walker manager). |
1958 | Sold as scrap to a German ship breaker.. |
1959 | Aberdeen registry closed. |