Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham and George Westwood

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4172
Official Number: 144801
Yard Number: 101
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.9 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: King’s Lynn Shipbuilding Co Ltd, King’s Lynn
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Dodman & Co Ltd, King’s Lynn

History

1920: Launched by King’s Lynn Shipbuilding Co Ltd, King’s Lynn (Crichton Thompson) (Yd.No.101) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as MELODY (Ad.No.4172).
4.2.1921: Completed as a fishing vessel and transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
12.4.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as ROSE DUNCAN (A666) (O.N.144801).
03.1921: Sold to John Duthie & Alexander Fyfe, Aberdeen for £5,250 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
11.1922: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
4.11.1922: Aberdeen registry closed.
1922: Sold to James Murray, Snr, Buckie, (Alexander Murray, manager) for £2,750. Registered at Buckie (BCK122).
10.1937: Sold to Joseph Catchpole, Scarborough; George Scotter & William Sayer, Filey. Joseph Catchpole designated managing owner.
10.1937: Buckie registry closed.
11.10.1937: Registered at Scarborough (SH105). Employed as a drifter and liner.
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
23.7.1943: Typical landing. 146 kits – cod/codling-4, haddock-12, whiting-27, flats-29, roker-63, sole & prime-11.
6.1.1947: Sold to Lowestoft Herring Drifters Ltd, Lowestoft (Harold Jackson, manager).
6.1.1947: Scarborough registry closed.
8.1.1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT273).
25.5.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD DUNCAN (LT273). Seasonal white fish landing at Fleetwood.
7.7.1954: At Lowestoft, North Quay sunk alongside after coaling. Salved and bunkers discharged. Laid up.
10.1954: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
27.10.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium in tow of OUSE (LT572) also sold for breaking up.

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S.D/L. Lord Duncan LT273
Picture courtesy of The Jutter Collection

S.D/L. Rose Duncan SH105
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

Changelog

03/12/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
29/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
23/07/2021: Updated history.