MAID O' MORAY

Date1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81.3' x breadth 18' x depth 8.7'
gross tonnage 84 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000787

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Yard Number: 356
Subsequent Names: HEATHERY RIDGE (1931); MAID O' MORAY (1932); WEALTH OF THE OCEAN (1937).

Fate: Scrapped at Charleston, Fife, 1951.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1912: A. Main & T. Ross, Inverness, INS224
1915: D. & J. Main, Hopeman.
1915-20: Requisitioned for war service as boom defence.
1931: John Wood & Alex Innes, Portknockie, BF233.
1932: James Main, Alex Main of Hopeman and Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Southshields, INS150.
1937: Richard Irvin & Sons, James Bruce, A. Bruce, A. Buchan or St. Combs, FR280 .
1940-45: Requisitioned for war service.

Notes: 16 inch compound engine by James Abernethy, Abertdeen. 28H.P.

Acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid "Steam Drifters Recalled".