FAIR ISLE

DateApril 1908

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 84' x breadth 18.1' x depth 8.8'
gross tonnage 97 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000749

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 316

Fate: Sold for scrap, 7 July 1937.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring Drifter

Owners:
1908: George Walker, W. Buchan and others, Fraserburgh, fishing number, FR268.
1915-19: Requisitioned as an anti-submarine net vessel fitted with 6-pounder gun.

Notes: Cost £3,210 when new.
16 inch, 2 cylinder compound engine by James Abernethy, Aberdeen 28HP.
Boiler by James Abernethy, Aberdeen, 155 P.S.I.