PRIME

Date6 June 1914

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Object numberABDSHIP000834

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 404
Official number: 132168

Fate: Scrapped December 1960.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter, steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
18/07/1914: W. Murray, registered at Buckie, BCK 185.
1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty, as a net vessel. Ad. No. 2289. Armament 1 x 3 pdr. A.A. gun.
1919: Returned to owners.
1926: George Thain, Buckie.
1940: Mrs Jessie Thain, Buckie.
28/02/1944: Alexander Aitken Davidson, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen, A 572.
29/01/1946: Arthur Ralph Sutton, Hartlepool, Albert Sutton & Richard Shone, Scarborough and Samuel Walker, North Shields.
01/09/1953: Arthur Ralph Sutton, Hartlepool, Samuel Walker, North Shields and Mary Elizabeth Shone, Scarborough.
30/03/1954: Arthur Ralph Sutton, Hartlepool, Mary Elizabeth Shone & Newby Sutton, Tynemouth and James Joseph Colby, Lowestoft.
07/06/1954: Registry transferred to Lowestoft, LT 77.
1958: J. Colby, Lowestoft.
12/1960: Sold for demolition.

Notes: Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 9½” x 15½” x 26” with 18” stroke, 270 i.h.p., 52 r.h.p. by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.
Single screw propellor.

See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&a1Page=2&ref=54973&vessel=PRIME
WW I Service (NH) - http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar3.htm