ADMIRAL DRAKE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date18 September 1960
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 114 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 306 ton
Gross Tonnage: 306 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002578
Keywords
Yard Number: 891
Subsequent Names: GRAMPIAN PRINCE (1978); AYR DRAGON (1992); WHITE PEARL (1995)
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1960: Parbel Smith (Manager Don Fishing Co. Aberdeen).
1965: Mannofield Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1966: George Craig & Sons Ltd (North Star Shipping)
1978: H. K. F. Trawlers Ltd, Aberdeen.
1986: Narrow Style Ltd, C. Maine (Shipping) Aberdeen
1992: Bracon Sea Ltd, Ayr.
1995: Bellgrade Ltd of Ayr.
General History:
Launched by Margaret Bellamy 1960
ADMIRAL DRAKE was purchased by George Craig & Sons Ltd (North Star Shipping) of Aberdeen in 1966 until 1978 as a fishing vessel. In 1978 they converted to standby safety vessel as GRAMPIAN PRINCE for the oil industry still retaining her fishing license and number.
During the oil recession in 1986 the vessel was sold to Narrow Style Ltd, C. Maine (Shipping) Aberdeen and converted back into a fishing vessel with fishing number A.40, fishing out of Spain. Vessel still held a British fishing license and number as GRAMPIAN PRINCE until 1992 when it was sold to Bracon Sea Ltd, Ayr and was renamed AYR DRAGON until 1995. Surveys overdue and its class was suspended by Lloyd's, 17 September 1997.
Vessel was sold to Bellgrade Ltd of Ayr and renamed WHITE PEARL and is registered in the 2003 and 2006 Lloyd's Register as WHITE PERAL with a AR99 number.
Notes:
ADMIRAL DRAKE is a sister ship to the ADMIRAL JELLICOE (1961).
Oil engine 4SA, 6 cylinder 15"x18" by Mirrless Bickerton & Day, Stockport
