CALM
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
DateMay 1918
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 86' x breadth 18.6' x depth 9.2'
Gross Tonnage: 96 ton
Gross Tonnage: 96 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000864
Keywords
Yard Number: 442
Subsequent Names: JOHN HEDLEY (1920); PRE-EMINENT (1925)
Fate: Vessel scrapped 1956.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Admiralty drifter
Owners:
1918: Royal Navy.
1920: Handed over to Ministry of Agriculture & Fish for disposal. Sold to William Hedley, North Shields, fishing number, SN35.
1925: John Main and Alex Main, Burghead, INS55.
1939-45: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for harbour service, returned in 1946.
1947: William C Bruce, J. Lovie, Fraserburgh and others, re-registered at Fraserburgh, FR173.
1951: W. H. Balls and John L. Balls, Yarmouth, re-registered at Yarmouth, YH91.
Notes: Wm. Beardmore 18” triple expansion engine 42 HP with A. & W. Dalglish boiler 180 psi.
With acnowledgement to Mr J. Reid 'Steam Drifters recalled'.
1911
June 1908
