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DRIFTER NO.2
DRIFTER NO.2
DRIFTER NO.2

DRIFTER NO.2

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 numberABDSHIP000064
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 115

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 1 for USSR Government (Vladivostock), then strengthened for ice navigation.
26/04/1930: Builder's certificate issued.
10/05/1930: Trial trip.
16/05/1930: Sailed from Aberdeen.

Note: Engine number 196, boiler no. 159.
DRIFTER NO.1
John Lewis & Sons
1930
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 January 1956
BON VOYAGE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1934
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Star VII' on slipway in shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
4 October 1948
SOUTHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 September 1968
Aboyne under speed as she left the River Tay
DUTHIE
1875
LYRIE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
July 1978
Black and White Photograph in album of launch of Norwegian whaler 'POL XV'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1951
BON ROSS
Alexander HALL & Co.
1934
BONSCOT
Alexander HALL & Co.
1934
KER NEVEL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 October 1906
STRATHSPEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 June 1906
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 June 1918
SEALARK
DUTHIE
1896
KOSMOS
1916
CHAMBERLAIN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 July 1905
PETER BARRINGTON
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 March 1919
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
CRESTED COCK
Alexander HALL & Co.
April 1930
FOREMOST 86
Alexander HALL & Co.
1934
ECLIPSE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1867