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TREASURE
TREASURE
TREASURE

TREASURE

Date1907
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 84' x breadth 18.10' x depth 8.80'
gross tonnage 96 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000742
About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 308

Fate: Sold for scrap, 1949.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter

Owners:
1907: Smith & Cowie, Portessie, fishing number, BF776
1913: James Smith, Portessie (managing owner). (Mercantile Navy List)
1914: Same owners but re-registered in Buckie, BCK204.
1915: Requisitioned for war service (Pennant Number 986) as an anti-submarine net vessel and fitted with a 6 pounder gun.
1919: Garfield Steam Drifters, Scarborough, re-registered in Scarborough - SH 112.
1924: White and Willows Ltd, Grimsby, re-registered in Grimsby - GY92.
1929-30: On hire to J. Hughson, Out Skerries, Shetland.
1931: R. Anderson, Whitstable and C. Rowden, Ramsgate, re-registered in Ramsgate R37.

Note: 16 inch compound steam engine by James Abernethy of Aberdeen, 26 H.P.

With acknowledgement to J. Reid 'Steam Drifters Recalled'.
EXCEL
DUTHIE
1907
RESPLENDENT
Alexander HALL & Co.
1914
QUEEN
1906
ST. COMBS
April 1908
HOLLYDALE
DUTHIE
1914
WINDFALL
Admiralty
1919
HEATHERY BRAE
DUTHIE
March 1910
GRATEFUL
DUTHIE
27 March 1907
CAMPERDOWN
August 1907
PITBLAE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1908
COVESEA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1909
VALE O' MORAY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1911
BUSY BEE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1903