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DRIFTER NO.1
DRIFTER NO.1
DRIFTER NO.1

DRIFTER NO.1

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1930
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 11 5/12'
Gross Tonnage: 183 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000063
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 114

Fate: No trace after 1959.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1930: Anglo-Soviet Shipping Co. Ltd, London.
1932: Dalgosnybtrest, Vladivostok.
Then owned by USSR, Vladivostok.

General History:
Experimental vessel built by John Lewis as a steam trawler along with sister ship Drifter 2 for USSR Government (Vladivostock), then strengthened for ice navigation.
26/04/1930: Builder's certificate issued.
03/05/1930: Sailed from Aberdeen.

Note: Engine number 195, boiler no. 158.

DRIFTER NO.2
John Lewis & Sons
1930
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 August 1900
KER NEVEL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 October 1906
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Star VII' on slipway in shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
4 October 1948
CHAMBERLAIN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 July 1905
LAPWING
Alexander HALL & Co.
1896
STRATHSPEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 June 1906
SOUTHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 September 1968
GRATEFUL
DUTHIE
27 March 1907
John Lewis & Sons
11 May 1918
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 January 1956
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
July 1978
REFLORESCO
Alexander HALL & Co.
1924
Black and White Photograph in album of launch of Norwegian whaler 'POL XV'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1951
ECLIPSE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1867