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MARY STEPHEN
MARY STEPHEN
MARY STEPHEN

MARY STEPHEN

Date1906
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 81.20' x breadth 18.10' x depth 8.90'
gross tonnage 89 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000723
About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 288
Subsequent Name: NELLIE MORRISON, BF13 (c.1925)

Fate: Sold for scrap, March 1937.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1906: Buchan & Leask, Peterhead, fishing number, PD116
1911: W. H. Leask shares sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd; owners now R. Irvin and John Buchan.
1913: Thomas W. Irvin (manager), 11 Harbour Street, Peterhead. (Merchany Navy List)
1915: Richard Irvin, North Shields.
1915-19: Requisitioned for war service (pennant no. 1390) as an anti-submarine net vessel/minesweeper, fitted with a 6-pounder gun.
1923: John H. Irvin (manager), 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. (Merchany Navy List)
1925: Part sold to John Morrison, Portgordon, Banffshire (owners now R. Irvin & Son and John Morrison).
c.1930: John Morrison's shares sold to Richard Irvin and Sons Ltd, re-registered in Buckie BCK 40.

Note: 16 inch compound engine by James Abernethy, Aberdeen, 25 H.P.

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid, 'Steam Drifters Recalled'.
DILIGENCE
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1906
RESEARCH
April 1904
GRATEFUL
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27 March 1907
WRENTHORPE
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September 1906
VICTOR
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EXCEL
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1907
SPARKLING STAR
April 1906
VICTORY
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1905
GLENGYNACK
June 1907
GRETA
1906
COMMODORE
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1903
CHARITY
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1901
NORBRECK
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1905
ROBIN
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September 1903
GOLDSEEKER
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May 1900
MERRYDALE
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ROSLIN
John Lewis & Sons
1899
QUEEN
1906
GUDRUN
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CALYPSO
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November 1901