WILSON LINE

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

Date1932

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 94 3/12' x breadth 19 7/12' x depth 10 3/6'
gross tonnage: 116 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001524

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 638.

Fate: unknown, last registered in Lloyd's 1988.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw drifter

Owners:
1932: William Wilson, North Shields and C. V. Eastick.
1937: W. C. Wilson & others, North Shields.
1958: C. Y. Eastick, Kirkcaldy.
1974: J. R. Cheeseman, Lowestoft.
1975: Sold to Greece.
1975/76: Owned by Breydon Marine Ltd. Registered Great Yarmouth.

Notes: Last steam drifter to be built in the UK.
Scottish Fisheries Museum has a photo of this vessel at Aberdeen c.1954.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 9", 16½" and 27" cylinders, 18" stroke. Boiler 10'6" diameter, 9'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1959: Diesel fitted - Ruston, Hornby Engines