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GLITTER

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 numberABDSHIP001442

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 556.
Subsequent Names: RALEIGH; OCEAN RALEIGH, PD139 (1946)

Fate: Scrapped April 1960.

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

Owners:
04/05/1918: Royal Navy. Used for harbour service.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9½", 15" 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)

Note: According to Jim Tarvit (2004) 'Steam Drifters: A Brief History' (St. Ayles Press) GLITTER was the last Peterhead drifter and scrapped 30 April 1955.