Technical

Admiralty Number: 3988
Official Number: 146481
Yard Number: 92
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Edwin Dank & Co Ltd, Oldbury

History

18.10.1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.92) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as NODE (Ad.No.3988).
1918: Completed.
1922: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
16.6.1922: Registered at Hull as TIGER’s EYE O.N.146481 (H577). Walter Scott designated manager.
1924: Sold to William J. Allan and William Lambert, Grimsby.
24.9.1924: Hull registry closed.
26.9.1924: Registered at Grimsby (GY60). Harold A. Jeffries designated manager.
30.6.1928: At Fleetwood landed 100 boxes – 60 boxes hake and 40 boxes mixed fish.
1931: Sold to Arthur Duthie & Co Ltd, James Flett, James Smith & W. Cormack, Lossiemouth.
12.5.1931: Grimsby registry closed.
5.1931: Registered at Inverness as LOSSIE (INS125). James Flett, Lossiemouth designated managing owner.
1934: Sold to Arthur Duthie & Co Ltd, Lossiemouth & Charles Summers, John Tait, John Hay, Robert B. Stephen & George Walker, Fraserburgh. Inverness registry closed. Registered at Fraserburgh as GOLDEN VIEW (FR44). Charles Summers, designated managing owner.
1937-1938: Seasonal white fish lining from Fleetwood.
Pre 1939: Sold to Charles Summers & George Walker (c/o G. Walker & Sons), Fraserburgh. Charles Summers designated managing owner.
10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.745) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
1945: Sold to Fred. Parkes, North Shore, Blackpool.
11.3.1946: Laid up pending return.
3.1946: Returned to owner. Laid up not restored.
1948: Sold to Robert Reid, Peterhead & Albert Johnston, Dufftown. Registered at Peterhead (PD23).
1954: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.D/L. Golden View PD23
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Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
22/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/12/2020: Updated history.