QUEEN

Date1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 84' x breadth 18.1' x depth 8.8'
gross tonnage 93 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000722

Keywords

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 287
Subsequent Names: QUEEN III (1915); QUEEN (1919).

Fate: Sold for scrap, 17 April 1937. Broken up at Charleston, Fife.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1906: G. Hay & Sons Ltd, Fraserburgh, fishing number, FR169
1915-19: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine net vessel fitted with a 6 pounder gun.
08/04/1919: J. H. Fuller, Yarmouth, re-registered YH83.
1920: East Kent Steam Fishing Co., Ramsgate, re-registered R143.
1926: R. & G. Smith, Portessie, re-registered BCK249.
1932: J. & G. Imlach, Portessie, Buckie.

Master:
1915: Master James Hay.

Note: 16 inch compound engine by James Abernethy, Aberdeen, 26 H.P.
Boiler by James Abernethy, Aberdeen, 150 P.S.I.

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