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'Moray Firth' Herring Drifter, Zulu Type
Moray Firth
'Moray Firth' Herring Drifter, Zulu Type
'Moray Firth' Herring Drifter, Zulu Type

Moray Firth

Herring Drifter, built 1927
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About MeThe Zulu sailing drifter, first developed at Lossiemouth in 1878, had a distinctive hull shape -a straight stem and a very raked (sloping) sternpost. the Zulu design was very popular with herringmen around Wick and along the Moray Firth. The biggest of these boats were 70 to 84 feet long, with a big carrying capacity. By the late 1890s, many Zulus carried a steam capstan to haul the 'tarry' leader rope attached to the boat's fleet of drift nets. In the 1890s, as many as a hundred Inverness-registered Zulus and Scaffies made Aberdeen Harbour their base for summer herring fishing.
Providence
Providence
Herring Drifter
R W D Benzie
R W D Benzie
Olive (752),Pine ( 753) - General Arrangement, Longitudinal Section & Top Decks
Pine
Tree Class trawler, 1940 - 1944
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1959
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
Christina Lovie Burnett
Christina Lovie Burnett
Buchanhaven, Peterhead, Scotland, born 1874
C F Wilson and Company Limited
C F Wilson and Company Limited
1886 - 1970
Brampton Bryan
Brampton Bryan
Trewlany, Jamaica
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992
Gold and Enamel Snake Bangle by James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862 - 1940
Ernestine Mills
Ernestine Mills
Hastings, England, 1871 - 1959
Image Not Available for Annie Pirie Quibell
Annie Pirie Quibell
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1861 - 1927
Black and white photograph Of The North Boat St Clair As A Rescue Ship In 1944
St Clair (II)
1937 - 1960
black/white photograph showing Mr F W Olley, ex-trawlerman
Frederick Walter Olley
Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1899 - 1899
Model Boat of Zulu Fishing Vessel
George Smith
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1916 - 2006
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Iain Letham
'Tidelines by Nine', by Robert Callender
Robert Callender
Mottingham, England, 1932 - 2011
J & J Ingram
J & J Ingram
Aberdeen, Scotland
Photograph in album showing John Lewis built vessel Freeland
Freeland
coaster, built 1919
12 Views Of Interiors/Groups
Barry, Henry and Cook Limited
Aberdeen, Scotland
Flared Magpie Vase by Carlton Ware
Wiltshaw & Robinson Ltd.
Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1898 - 1958
Edward Charles Udall
Edward Charles Udall
1850 - 1890
Burgess and Leigh
Burgess and Leigh
Burslem, England, founded 1851
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Rubislaw Granite Company