SNOWDRIFT
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1918
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 numberABDSHIP000006
Keywords
Yard Number: 57
Subsequent Names: FIFE NESS (1923); GEORGE G BAIRD
Fate: scrapped in October 1954.
Propulsion: Steam.
Description: Admiralty drifter.
Owners:
1918-23: The Admiralry.
1923: H. B. & P. Wood, Aberdeen and renamed FIFE NESS A522.
1926: Mrs E. Irvin, Kirkcaldy, KY27.
General History:
26/03/1918: Trial run, weather very favourable, no sea, steamed north, average speed 9.25 knots.
30/03/1918: Completed.
23/05/1919: Builder's certificate issued.
Notes: Engine number 128.
Boiler by Simons & Co, Renfrew.
1908
June 1911
