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: 8 men (1914); 10 men (1924; 1942).

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 / 12.2

Engine: T 3-cyl. 56 nhp. 10 kts. Engine and boiler by James Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen.

Owners:

 

As ALLAN RAMSAY A356

16 Feb 1911: The Onward Steam Trawling Co. (Aberdeen) Ltd., 164 Market St., Aberdeen.

Manager: Allan Ramsay. (Same address.)

 

By 1917: Aberdeen Fish Manure & Oil Co. Ltd., 16 Bridge St., Aberdeen.

Manager: David L. Crombie, 158 Market St., Aberdeen.

 

1920: Sidney M. Cannon, 164 Market St., Aberdeen.

Manager: Horace E. Stroud. (Same address.)

 

1924: John Ellis, 18 Regent Quay, Aberdeen.

Manager: Horace E. Stroud, 158 Market St., Aberdeen.

 

As ROBERT STROUD A356

14 Nov 1928: Horace E. Stroud, 158 Market St., Aberdeen.

Managing owner.

 

As DAVID BUCHAN A356

19 Sep 1929: Wilson Buchan, 194 Victoria Rd., Aberdeen.

Managing owner.

 

1936: Thomas Walker, Commercial Quay, Aberdeen.

Managing owner.

24 Sep 1938: As STAR OF DON A356

 

As STAR OF DON M8

30 Mar 1942: Milford Steam Trawling Co. Ltd., The 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: As NARCISSUS A606.

 

[ In Olsen's 1961; not in 1963. ]

 

Landed at Milford: 14 Mar 1942 - 16 Nov 1945

Skippers:

Notes: 

Jun 1915: Requisitioned as ALLAN RAMSAY; converted to a boom defence vessel.  1x3 pdr.

1919: Returned to owners.

23 Mar 1942: Aberdeen registry closed.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 14 Dec 1945.  Vessel transferred to the port of Aberdeen.

 

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