NORTH STAR
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date11 August 1883
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 101' 4" x breadth 19' x depth 10' 2"
tonnage 30 tons
tonnage 30 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000579
Keywords
Official Number: 88851
Subsequent Name: PRIMROSE
Fishing Number A393
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steam trawler, 1 deck, 2 masts, schooner rigged, round stern, clench built, iron frame.
Owners:
1883: W. Pyper & Co. Aberdeen.
General History:
First Aberdeen-built screw trawler
According to a newspaper article, when twenty years old, this vessel was sold to Cardiff owners, still in A1 condition.
Sold to Tees Tug Company Ltd and renamed PRIMROSE and converted to tug.
From 29 September 1883 to May 1891, NORTH STAR landed £46,951 worth of fish.
Note: Engines built by Hall Russell & Co. Aberdeen, 2 cylinder compound inverted surface condensing engines, diameter of cylinsders 19" and 38", stroke 2'3", 62HP.
