BELLE O'MORAY

Date1911

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81' x breadth 17.9' x depth 8.7'
gross tonnage 83 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000793

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Yard Number: 361.

Fate: Sold for scrap, March 1951.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Herring drifter

Owners:
1911: Alexander Main, Thomas Ross, John Main, W. Main of Burghead, Moray. Manager: James M. Fraser, Bank of Scotland, Elgin, INS256.
1915-19: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine net vessel.
1923: Thomas Ross, Burghead. (Merchant Navy List)
1936: W. Pirie (Buxer), Portknockie, re-registered in Banff, BF348.
1940-45: Requisitioned for war service - harbour duties.
1946: G. Watt and J. Morgan, Whineyfold, Aberdeenshire and re-reigistered in Peterhead, PD115.
30/05/1951: Certificate cancelled.

Notes: Cost new £2,000.
16 inch compound engine by J. Abernethy, Aberdeen. 28H.P. boiler by J. Abernethy & Company, Aberdeen. Bunker capacity of 24 tons of coal.
With acknowledgement to Mr J. Reid "Steam Drifters Recalled".