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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WILSON LINE |
131884 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1932 |
07/01/1932 |
02/1932 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Fishing Drifter
| Steel Steam |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen |
Footdee |
638 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
116 grt / 49 nrt / |
94.3 ft |
19.6 ft |
9.7 ft |
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Engine builder |
Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (9.75, 16.25, 27 x 18in), 36rhp, 1 screw 1959 Re-engined Oil 6cyl (260 x 368mm), 360bhp by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
William C. & J.B. Wilson, Whitley Bay |
Kirkcaldy |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
Fishing No. KY322 1940 William C. Wilson, D. Watson & Norman Wilson, Whitley Bay 1954 Charles V. Eastick, Gorleston on Sea 1962 Fishing No. YH105 1973 J. R. Cheeseman, Burgh Castle 1977 Breydon Marine Ltd, Burgh Castle Sold to Greek owners |
Vessel history |
1940-45 Requisitioned by Admiralty for service as a hospital drifter Still working in Greece in 1990's |
Remarks |
The Last steam drifter to be built in the U.K. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
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Disposal Detail |
1988/8 last listed in Lloyd's Register. |
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