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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.
R W D Benzie
R W D Benzie
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1959
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Tree Class trawler, 1940 - 1944
Providence
Providence
Herring Drifter
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992
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
Ernestine Mills
Ernestine Mills
Hastings, England, 1871 - 1959
Image Not Available for Annie Pirie Quibell
Annie Pirie Quibell
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1861 - 1927
Gold and Enamel Snake Bangle by James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862 - 1940
J & J Ingram
J & J Ingram
Aberdeen, Scotland
Valentines
Valentines
Dundee, Scotland, founded 1851
Major Industrial Complex for Sale
Donside Paper Company
1890 - 2001
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
Image Not Available for Iain Letham
Iain Letham
'Tidelines by Nine', by Robert Callender
Robert Callender
Mottingham, England, 1932 - 2011
Gwynneth Holt
Gwynneth Holt
Wednesbury, England, 1909 - 1995
Eric Gill
Eric Gill
Brighton, England, 1882 - 1940
Raban Plaque St Nicholas Kirk
Edward Raban
Worcestershire, England, 1579 - 1658
Queen Mary's Needlework Guild Badge
Queen Mary's Needlework Guild
Founded 1882