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Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86.5' x breadth 18.15' x depth 8.85'
gross tonnage 103 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000695

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 278

Fate: Scrapped at Yarmouth, 1937.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter

Owners:
1907: J. Downie, Fraserburgh
1913: Robert Bisset, Gratton Place, Fraserburgh. (Merchant Navy List)
1915-20: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel fitted with a 3-pounder gun.
1920: R. Bisset & Co. Fraserburgh, fishing number, FR235.
1920: H. G. Osborne, Ramsgate, retained Fraserburgh registry.
1923: Merchant Navy List gives managing owner as Humphrey G. Osborne of Ramsgate though seemingly sold in 1922 to N. Rawnsley of London and re-registered in Ramsgate, R373.
1928: Kittiwake Ltd, Lowestoft (Manager J. V. Breach) and re-registered in Lowestoft LT70.

Note: 16 inch compound 2 cylinder engine by J. S. Vaux of Sunderland, 36H.P.

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid "Steam Drifters Recalled".