VALE O' MORAY

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

Date1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86.9' x breadth 18.6' x depth 9'
gross tonnage 89 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001355

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 469
Official Number: 132773
Subsequent Names: STEPHENS (1927); DEVOTION (1952).

Fate: Scrapped 1955.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: drifter, steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
01/06/1911: Launched. Named by Mrs James Flett.
07/07/1911: Registered at Inverness, INS 240.
02/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, anti-submarine net vessel. Admiralty No. 1383. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Robert Curphy, Peel Isle of Man. Registered at Peel, PL 43.
1927: James, George, Charles and William Stephen, Inverallochy.
29/12/1927: Renamed STEPHENS. Registered at Fraserburgh, FR 292.
1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, harbour duties.
1945: Owner A.J. Mitchell and others, Fraserburgh.
1946: Returned to owners.
1952: Alex Strachan and A. Freeland, Peterhead. Renamed DEVOTION. Registered at Peterhead, PD 217.
31/07/1954: Transferred to Norwegian ownership.

Notes: Engine details - Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 9¼” x 16” x 26” with 18” stroke, 39 n.h.p. by A.H.
Boiler: 1 single boiler; diamter 9' 9"; length 9'; pressure (p.s.i.) 180; Single screw propeller.

See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=58149&vessel=VALE%20O%27MORAY&fbclid=IwAR0PNTS6w1201cD8TQXvxwMgUFoEh1JeeTvE43Sj8pw84IfR_i6sukbmHcE
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm#V

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