HEATHERY BRAE  M170

As BF105 (1919-45)

Official No:  131243    Port Number and Year: 8th in Inverness, 1910 (INS118)                                                                               11th in Banff, 1919 (BF105)                                                                               4th in Fraserburgh, 1945 (FR41)                                                                                1st in Milford, 1947

Description: Steel side drifter trawler, steam screw, coal burning. Nets and lines.  Ketch rigged: mizzen, jib.

Crew:  8 men

Registered at Milford: 31 Mar 1947

Built: 1910 by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen.  (Yard no. 338)

Tonnage: 89.82 grt  37.49 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  86.05  / 18.1 / 8.7

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 28 nhp.10 kts.  Engine by John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen; boiler by David Rowan & Co., Glasgow

Owners:   As INS118 1910: Daniel & William Baikie, Bank of Scotland, Hopeman, Scotland Manager: C. H. Mitchell   As BF105 1919:   J. Wood, A. Innes & others, Portknockie   1922: A. Innes, Portknockie. Manager: J. Wood, Portknockie.   1929: John Pirie, Portnockie Later:  John Pirie & J. Wood (Fishsalesman), Portknockie.   As FR41 1945: G. & J. Buchan, Inverallochy.   As M170 31 Mar 1947: Westholme Fishing Company, Docks, Milford Manager: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, 'Beachways', Picton Rd., Hakin   17 Jan 1949: Lilian Henrietta Busk-Wood, Park Place, High Park Rd., Ryde, IoW Manager Owner.   23 Jan 1952: John Rae, 'De Beauvoir', Ivy Gates, Rohais, Guernsey [Converted to salvage vessel.]

Landed at Milford: 7 Oct, 7 Dec 1948  (Landed at Fleetwood, May 1949 - 20 February 1950.)

Skippers:

Notes:  Jan 1917 - 1919: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as Examination Vessel. 1 x 3 pdr. Oct 1940 - 1944: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as Barrage Balloon Vessel. 4 May 1952: Foundered off Bordeaux, Guernesey

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 27 May 1952

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