DEVOTION

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

Date1910

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86.6' x breadth 18.7' x depth 9'
gross tonnage: 88ton

Object numberABDSHIP001340

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 454.

Fate: Sold for scrap, November 1950.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1910: W. & A. McPherson, Inverness, INS27.
1916-19: Requisitioned for war service for use as a tender.
1926: Alex H. Morgan, Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire and re-registered in Peterhead PD113.
1934: A. Morgan, Cruden Bay (PD113).
1939: Alex. Hay. Co. Whinnyfold.
1941-1945: Requisitioned for war service as water-carrier.
1947: Devotion Fishing Co. Torry.

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'.