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

Keywords

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'.