| Name: | WILLIAM PURDY |
| Type: | Trawler |
| Launched: | 20/08/1914 |
| Completed: | 01/10/1914 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 305 |
| Dimensions: | 194grt, 86nrt, 115.6 x 22.0 x 11.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 83nhp |
| Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 137361 |
| History: | |
| 07/10/1914 | Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd; registered at North Shields |
| 05/10/1921 | GR Purdy Trawlers Ltd (George R Purdy, manager), North Shields |
| 1954 | Sank |
| Comments: | 21/09/1914: Allocated fishing registration number SN92 at North Shields |
| 11/1914: Requisitioned as a minesweeper and based in the Aegean Sea | |
| 1919: Returned to owners | |
| 02/1940: Requisitioned as a Barrage Balloon Vessel | |
| 10/1945: Returned to owners |