Name |
ANN FORD MELVILLE |
Construction |
STEEL |
Type |
STEAM TRAWLER |
Date |
1911 |
Official Number |
129357 |
Description |
Yard Number: 465 Steel screw steam trawler Date of Build/Launch: April 1911 April 1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. Admiralty number 1347. 1919: Returned to owners. 1923: Owned by Walker S T F Co, Ltd and renamed STAR OF FREEDOM. 1933: Renamed SHIELBURN and owned by D. Wood and T. Flett, Aberdeen. 1939/40: Owned by D. Wood and T. Flett. March 1944: Requisitioned as SHIELBURN. October 1944: Returned to owners. 1944: Owned by Westenborg Trawlers Ltd., Milford (H. Westenborg manager). 1949/50: Owned by Lewis, Wilcox & Co., Port of Registry Milford. 1951/52: Owned by J. C. Llewellin Trawlers Ltd, Milford. 1953: Owned by J. C. Llewellin Trawlers Ltd, Milford. 1956: Scrapped. Broken up in U.K. Source: Royal Navy Trawlers and Lloyd's Register of Shipping |
Shipowner |
J S Melville, Aberdeen (A365) |
Shipbuilder |
A. HALL & Co. |
Dimensions |
length 117' 3" x breadth 22' x depth 13' Gross Tonnage: 211 ton |
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