Name: | TROPIC BIRD |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 27/03/1907 |
Completed: | 05/1907 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 342 |
Dimensions: | 96grt, 35nrt, 82.4 x 18.3 x 8,5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (11.25 & 25 x 16ins), 35nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 124644 |
History: | |
02/05/1907 | Murray & Cowie, Banff |
by 1910 | George Murray, Banff |
1923 | Alexander Ross, Banff |
1936 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1907: Allocated fishing registration number BF543 at Banff |
07/1915: Hired by the Admiralty as a boom defence vessel | |
1919: Returned to owners |