BRIGHTON O' TH' NORTH

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

Date1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 88.10" x breadth 18.7" x depth 9.35"
Gross Tonnage: 98 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001381

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 495.

Fate: Scrapped 13 December 1952.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1914: Main Duggie, Nairn, registered at Inverness, INS382.
1918-20: Requisitioned for war service, various duties.
1939-45: Requisitioned for war service as an examination vessel.
1943: Whilst on war service she was sold to Arthur R. Sutton and S. Walker of Hartlepool for a figure rumoured to be £2,500.
1947: Sold to Alex. M. Buchan and James Buchan of Peterhead and re-registered PD 389.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9¾", 16¼" and 27" cylinders, 18" stroke by Alex. Hall, Aberdeen, 36 H.P. Boiler 10'0" diameter, 9'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Scottish Fisheries Museum has a photo of this vessel c1948.

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