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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