GRATEFUL

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date27 March 1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 89.3' x breadth 19.1' x depth 8.7'
gross tonnage 107 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000698

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard Number: 276.
Official number: 119622.

Renamed: INVER (1918); CLOVERDALE (1926).

Fate: 1952: Sold for scrap.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Hering drifter, steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
1907: Provost W. H. Leask, Peterhead, Peter R. Patterson, Peterhead, James Stephen, Fraserburgh and A. Robertson, Port Errol.
1911: Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields, W. Ralph, Thomas Main, W. More of Burghead and re-registered in Inverness INS 322.
1915: Requisitioned for War Service as an anti-submarine net vessel. Ad. No. 2399.
1918: W. Kane & A. Matthews, Belfast, registered at Belfast, B659.
1926: W. Findlay (Den) of Cullen, Banffshire, BF170.
1930: G. Herd, A. Herd and others, Findochty, Banffshire.
1939-45: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper and auxiliary patrol vessel.
1949: E. Herd, Findochty.
1951: Sold for demolition.

Master:
1907: Master W. Ralph.

General History:
27/03/1907 Launched. Named by Miss Stephen, daughter of the owner.
25/11/1916: Wrecked at Torhead, Co. Antrim whilst on service with the Royal Navy.
1917: Salvaged and repaired.
12/06/1926: Collided with THREE KINGS LT517 (Duthie 1912) at Lerwick.

Note: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, compound engine, 11½” x 26” with 18” stroke, 38 r.h.p. by Aberdeen Trawl Owners & Traders Engineering Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. Only record of a main engine built by A.T.O.T.E.C.
Boiler number: 1.S.B.
Propellor: Single screw.

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

History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=53788&vessel=GRATEFUL
History (LF): - https://www.lossiefowk.co.uk/history/othersteamdrifters
WW I Service (NH): - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm
WW I Wreck: - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar4APb.htm
1926 Collision: - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/category/driftertrawler/page/5/
Returned to owners 1945: - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm