Name: | EIGHT |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 04/04/1901 |
Completed: | 05/1901 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 655 |
Dimensions: | 77grt, 25nrt, 80.0 x 18.0 x 8.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 111076 |
History: | |
22/05/1901 | Smith's Dock Trust Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth |
1914 | John Duthie, Peterhead; renamed NIGELLA |
12/1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1901: Allocated fishing registration number YH500 at Yarmouth |
1914: Allocated fishing registration number PD152 at Peterhead | |
12/1915: Hired by the Admiralty as a net layer; renamed NIGELLA II | |
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun | |
Also used as a hospital vessel | |
1919: Returned to owners & reverted to NIGELLA | |
12/1928: Broken up |