MERRYDALE

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateJuly 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125.2' x breadth 21.7' x depth 11.8'
gross tonnage 225 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000686

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 263.

Fate: Vessel broken up between 1 April and 30 June 1937.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1906: Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co. Ltd (Manager J.H. Marr), in Dock Street, Fleetwood, fishing number, FD77.
05/1915: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper.
1919: Returned to owners.
1918: Manager J. A. Robertson, Custom House Building, Fleetwood.
1920: Victory Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, Fleetwood, Manager W. Morley at 11 Preston Street, Fleetwood.
1929: North Star Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen, Manager J. A. Harrow at Regent Road, fishing number, A334.

Note: Triple expansion 3 cylinder steam engine by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow, 54H.P.
1 single ended boiler, 180lbs.
New boiler was fitted in 1914.