SPARKLING STAR

DateApril 1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81.2' x breadth 18' x depth 8.9'
gross tonnage 90 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000721

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 289

Fate: Sold for scrap, 1938.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1906: J. Summers and others, Peterhead, fishing number, PD 120.
1913: Andrew Buchan, Jr, 5 Jamaica Street, Peterhead. (Merchant Navy List)
1915-19: Requisitioned for war service an an anti-submarine net vessel fitted with a 6-pounder gun.
1919: George Walker, Fraserburgh and J. Addison, Cullen, re-registered in Banff, BF 91.
1923: George Walker, Jr, 119 Shore Street, Fraserburgh. (Managing Owner) (Merchant Navy List)
1928: George Walker & Co., Fraserburgh, who is now the sole owner.

Note: 16 inch compound engine by J. Abernethy of Aberdeen, 25 H.P.
Boiler by Abernethy of Aberdeen, 140 P.S.I.