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FALLING STAR

Owner Admiralty

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

Date1918

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 10'
Gross Tonnage: 96 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001438

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 552.
Subsequent Name: BETTY BODIE

Fate: Scrapped 17 December 1952.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw Admiralty drifter, 1 x 6 pdr gun.

Owners:
1918: Admiralty, Pennant No. 3975.
1919: Handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for disposal and registered in Lowestoft LT633.
1920: Owned by Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Lowestoft.
1921: Sold to Wm. Smith (Latin), Craigendarroch, Buckie and re-named BETTY BODIE, registered in Buckie, BCK400.
1930s: During the 1930s vessel served an an Auxiliary Fishery Cruiser for the Fishery Board for Scotland.
1939-46: Requisitioned for War Service (Pennant Number 4-365) as an examination vessel.
1946: Sold to Mrs C. Rubenstein, Kingussie, Invernessshire and re-registered in Peterhead PD304 and managed by Caley Fisheries.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9½", 15½" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke, 42 HP. Boiler 10'0" diameter, 9'6" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

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