| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| The J A Smith Steam Trawling Co Ltd - mng James A Smith, Hull |
Hull |
01/05/1899 |
| Other names |
| 1903 ALCYON - 1913 WOSTOCK - 1915 T.6 - 1920 GREATAXE - 1925 ROSLIN |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
9/1903 Hubert et Compagnie, Dieppe, France - reg Dieppe
1906 G Vallée, Rouen
1913 Russian Murman Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Archangel, Russia
1915 Russian Government
1918 Admiralty, London
5/1920 John Lewis Ltd, Aberdeen - reg Aberdeen
1920 William Masson & others, Aberdeen
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| Vessel history |
Laid down by D Macgill (Yd 2) in yard of Donaldson, Aitken & Scott, Govan. During construction, building was taken over by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley, Yorkshire using their own workers at the Govan yard.
1899 fishery number H49
1903 fishery number D1433
1915 commissioned by Russian Authorities (as naval trawler?)
3/8/1918 one of seventeen Russian trawlers seized in the North Sea and acquired by the British Government from the 'White' Russian authority. Commissioned into the Royal Navy GREATAXE (Ad.No.4340)
1920 181grt 84nrt; fishery number A371 |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1937 |
Stranded 04/11/1937 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Stranded 200-300 yards south of the mouth of the River Ythan on the Aberdeenshire coast at about 9.00pm in steadily worsening weather conditions and became a total loss. Aberdeen lifeboat rescued two crew but six were lost. |
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