Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.
Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 144800
Yard Number: 100
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad

History

1917: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.100) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GREEN SEA (Ad.No.4166).
16.2.1918: Completed as a fishing vessel.
21.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as GLADYS and VIOLET (A639).
24.6.1921: Sold to Edgar Mutton & Peter Maxwell Matthews, Aberdeen (Benjamin Allenby, manager) under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
1924: Sold to David Main, John Ralph & D. W. McKenzie, Burghead (James R. Hamilton, Elgin, manager).
10.4.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1924: Registered at Inverness as RIANT (INS30).
From 1932 – 1936: Seasonal trawling for whitefish out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1939: To Executors of David Main, deceased.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Employed on auxiliary patrol.
27.1.1940: Lost after stranding on Isle of Gigha. Inverness registry closed.

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S.T. Riant INS30
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

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