STAR OF DON M8
Official No: 129355 Port Number and Year: 13th in Aberdeen ,1911 (A356)
3rd in Milford, 1942
- in Aberdeen, 1945 (A606)
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burner. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail.
Crew: 10 men
Registered at Milford: 30 Mar 1942
Built: by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen, in 1911. (Yard no. 349)
Tonnage: 209.92 gross 77.81 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 115.45 / 22.65 / 13.5
Engine: T 3-cyl.. 56 nhp. 10 kts. Engine and boiler by James Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen
Owners:
As ALLAN RAMSAY A356
1911: Onward Steam Trawling Co., 164 Market St., Aberdeen
1920: Aberdeen Fish Manure & Oil Co
Renamed ROBERT STROUD A356
1929: H. E. Stroud, Aberdeen
Renamed DAVID BUCHAN A356
1930: W. Buchan, Aberdeen
Renamed STAR OF DON A356
1938: T. Walker, Aberdeen
As STAR OF DON M8
30 Mar 1942: Milford Steam trawling Co., Docks, Milford
Manager: James Carpenter Ward, 'Glenowen', Neyland
As STAR OF DON A606
14 Dec 1945: Alexander Hay, 44 Westholme Ave., Aberdeen (Trawler owner) (32/64)
George Slater, 82 Grampian Rd., Aberdeen (Skipper) (16/64)
Alexander Ritchie, 11 Murray Tce., Aberdeen (Banker, presently Lt., RNVR) (16/64)
1947: Renamed NARCISSUS A606
Landed at Milford: 14 Mar 1942 - 16 Nov 1945
Skippers:
Notes: Jun 1915: Requisitioned as ALLAN RAMSAY and converted to a boom defence vessel. 1 x 3 pdr.
1919: Returned to owners
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 14 Dec 1945. Vessel transferred to the port of Aberdeen
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