| Name: | PIGEON |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 20/05/1897 |
| Completed: | 06/1897 |
| Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 551 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 39nrt, 106.0 x 20.5 x 11.0ft; (1912: 166grt, 69nrt, 118.2 x 20.6 x 10.9ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 18 & 30 x 21ins), 41nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 108527 |
| History: | |
| 06/1897 | Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester |
| 1931 | George Duncan, Mallaig |
| 1931 | Star Fishing Co Ltd (George Duncan), London |
| 1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD171 at Fleetwood |
| 1899: Allocated fishing registration number H155 at Hull | |
| 09/1912: Lengthened at Goole to 118.2ft | |
| 11/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
| 12/1915: Renamed PIGEON II | |
| 03/1919: Released to owners; reverted to name PIGEON | |
| 1933: Broken up after lying abandoned and sinking at Fraserburgh |
Above photo courtesy of David Slinger