JAMES ALDRIDGE LO417

JAMES ALDRIDGE LO417

Official No: 144325 Port and Year: London, 1921 (LO417)
Glasgow, 1928 (GW40) Aberdeen, 1937 (A459)

Description: 'Non standard' Strath Class steel side trawler; coal fired. Crabber. Ketch rigged.

Crew: 10 men (1920)

Built: by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen, in 1917. (Yard no. 429)

Tonnage: 221 grt 89 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 115.6 / 22.1 / 12.0

Engine: T 3-Cyl; 57 rhp; by J. Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen

Owners:

As JAMES ALDRIDGE LO417

24 Aug 1920: The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London SW1.

Managing owner.

1921: Brand & Curzon, Docks, Milford.

Managers: Edward Brand & Charles Curzon. [Same address.]

As GW40

21 Apr 1928: John S. Boyle, Fish Market, Glasgow.

Managing owner.

1932: William A. Mackie, 'Marine Villa', Balgalnask Rd., Aberdeen.

Managing owner.

1934: Bracken Steam Trawling, Co. (Aberdeen) Ltd., 82 Crown St., Aberdeen.

Manager: William A. Leith, Jamieson's Quay, Aberdeen.

2 Nov 1937: John Walker, 50 Camperdown Rd., Aberdeen.

9 Dec 1937: As SILVERDYKE A459

1942: Iver Fishing Co. Ltd., Aberdeen.

Manager: John Walker.

As GLENBURN

1956: Joseph Craig, 5 Woodburn Ave., Aberdeen

Landed at Milford:
As HMT JAMES ALDRIDGE: 21 July 1919.
25 Nov 1921 - 18 Jan 1928.

Skippers:

Notes:
James Aldridge, aged 23, born Heath, Hampshire; A.B., HMS Victory, at Trafalgar.
10 Apr 1917: Launched as Admy. No. 3614 as a minesweeper. 1 x 12 pdr.
1921: Registered by the Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO417). Sold to mercantile.
23 Apr 1935: Collided with Peterhead drifter GREEN PASTURES in fog 6 miles north of Aberdeen. No damage to JAMES ALDRIDGE, but the stem of the drifter was badly damaged above the water line. [The Times, Wednesday 24th April 1935.]
Nov 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as SILVERDYKE and converted to auxiliary patrol vessel..
Jan 1940: Returned to owners.
May 1958: Broken up.

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