TYRIE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1908

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 9 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 93 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001323

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 437.
Subsequent Names: PUNGENT (1943); TYRIE (1945).

Fate: Sold for scrap March 1951.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1908: Fraserburgh & North of Scotland Fishing Co.
1913: R. B. Ritchie, Fraserburgh.
1914-18: Used as boom defence vessel at Macduff during World War One (pennant number 596) Vessel was used for 'miscellaneous services' and fitted with a 6 pound gun.
1919: J. Addison, Cullen, registered at Banff, BF68.
1920: W. Runcie & others.
1940-45: Taken up for war service and temporarily renamed PUNGENT (1943).
09/1945: Livingston and others, Peterhead, PD77.
1949: Drifters, Peterhead.

Notes: Compound engines with 13" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke. Boiler 9'9" diameter, 8'6" length, 120 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)