REGENT BIRD

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

Date1909

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 9 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 87 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001338

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 452

Fate: Scrapped February 1951.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1909: George Murray (Bodge) & others of Buckie, BCK 49.
1913: Managing Owner George Murray, 5 Gordon St, Buckie, Banffshire (Merchant Navy List)
1915-1919: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel.
1916 and 1923: Merchant Navy List gives same owner.
1939-45: Requisitioned for war service as an examination vessel.
1946: John West, Gardenstown, Banffshire and re-registered in Banff, BF73.
1950: Sold for scrap.

Notes: Compound engines with 13" and 27" cylinders, 18" stroke, 37 H.P, by Alexander Hall, Aberdeen. Boiler 9'9" diameter, 9'0" length, 130 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid 'Steam Drifters Recalled'.