INDIAN SUMMER
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date29 December 1917
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 86 3/12' x breadth 18 7/12' x depth 10'
gross tonnage: 97 ton
gross tonnage: 97 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000004
Keywords
Yard Number: 55
Official number: 182012
Fate: Demolished at Peterhead, 11 December 1952.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Fishing vessel, drifter, steam, single screw, steel. Admiralty drifter, fitted with winch and gun.
Owners:
1917: The Admiralty.
07/05/1947: John Andrew Lewis and Andrew Holmes Spencer Lewis, registered at Aberdeen, A 342.
General History:
29/12/1917: Launched.
08/02/1918: First trials.
12/02/1918: Second trials. 9¼ knots, running north for about 1.25 hours. Sea was choppy with easterly wind.
13/02/1918: Completion. Ad. No. 3916. Armament 1 x 6 pdr. gun. NH. WWII. Torpedo recovery vessel at Anstruther.
07/05/1947: Sold commercial. Owners John Andrew Lewis and Andrew Holmes spencer Lewis. Registered at Aberdeen, A 342.
Notes: Engines, steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 9½” x 15½” x 26” with 18” stroke, 270 i.h.p., 43 r.h.p. John Lewis Engine No. 126.
Boiler number: 1 S.B. Heating area (ft^2) 814. Furnaces 2.p.f. Pressure (p.s.i) 180.
Single screw propeller.
Bunker capacity 38 tons.
Engine No. 126.
See also: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54382&vessel=INDIAN+SUMMER
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm#I
Scottish Fisheries Museum has a photo of this vessel c1948.
