Name: | SPEEDWELL |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 25/08/1903 |
Completed: | 09/1903 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 722 |
Dimensions: | 79grt, 18nrt, 80.0 x 18.1 x 8.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114896 |
History: | |
24/09/1903 | William H Leask, Peterhead |
1912 | Alexander Duncan, Peterhead |
1926 | Unknown owner, Spain |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1903: Allocated fishing registration number PD491 at Peterhead |
01/1916: Hired by the Admiralty as a Boom Defence Vessel | |
04/1918: Renamed GODSPEED | |
1919: Returned to owners & reverted to original name |
Above photo is courtesy of Keith Duncan
Peterhead Sentinel, Saturday, 26/09/1903
Peterhead Sentinel, Saturday, 22/11/1903