FANNY MAIR

DateJune 1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

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

Object numberABDSHIP000788

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Yard Number: 358
Subsequent Name: CRANNOCH (28/08/1938).

Fate: Sold for scrap, 1951.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter

Owners:
1911:J. Mair (Mull), John Wood, G. Mair and others of Portknockie, BF388.
1913: Managing owner as John Wood, 207, Portknockie, Banffshire. (Merchant Navy List)
1915-20: Requisitioned for war service an an anti-submarine net vessel / minesweeper fitted with a 3-pounder gun.
1937: G. Runcie, Joseph Gardiner of Cullen and George A. Watt, Aberdeen.
1939: Managing owner as Joseph Gardiner, Cullen. (Merchant Navy List)
1939-46: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine net vessel.
1946: George A. Watt, Aberdeen.

Note: The major shareholder was a Gamrie man living in Aberdeen and latterly the vessel had a Gardenstown Crew and was always thought of as a 'Gamrie Boat'.

Note: 16 inch compound engine by James Abernethy of Aberdeen - 28H.P.

With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid, 'Steam Drifters Recalled'