RESEARCH

DateApril 1904

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81.5' x breadth 18.1' x depth 8.8'
gross tonnage 89 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000701

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 268T

Fate: Sunk by enemy submarine whilst fishing in position 42 miles North East of the Outer Skerries in Shetland, 23 June 1915.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1904-13: James Falconer (Sen), J. Falconer and others, 1 Battery Green, Banff, fishing number BF1513 (Merchant Navy List)
1913: R. Irvin & Sons and A. Buchan, Peterhead, re-registered in Peterhead, PD98.

Notes: 16 inch compound engine by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge 30 H.P.
With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid 'Steam Drifters Recalled'.