PITBLAE

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

Date1908

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength: 86.1" x breadth 18.6" x depth 9"
gross tonnage: 93 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001324

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 438.
Subsequent Names: GUIDE US (by 1934)

Fate: Believed scrapped in the 1950s.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1908: Fraserburgh & North of Scotland Steam Trawler Co., Fraserburgh, FR264.
1911: W. Strachan, R. Irvin & Son and others, Peterhead and re-registered at Peterhead PD12.
1913: Richard Irvin & Sons, shared with W. McKenzie and T. McKenzie, Burghead.
1914-19: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper / boom defence vessel.
19/12/1925: Sold to Robert Strachan, Wm. D. Strachan and others in Peterhead. Re-registered in Peterhead PD63.
1938: Elsie Strachan, Jeannie Strachan and Annie B. Strachan.
1940-42: Requisitioned for war service as a salvage vessel.
1942: Sold to Air Ministry.

Notes: Compound engines with 13" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke by Alex. Hall & Co., Aberdeen. 34H.P. Boiler 9'9" diameter, 8'6" length, 120 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid, "Steam Drifters Recalled".