Name |
NORTH STAR |
Construction |
IRON |
Type |
TRAWLER |
Date |
1883 |
Official Number |
88851 |
Description |
Iron Screw Steam Trawler Fishing Number A393 Launched in September 1883 for W Pyper & Co. Aberdeen. Description: 1 deck, 2 masts, schooner rigged, round stern, clench built, iron frame. Engines built by Hall Russell & Co. Aberdeen, 2 cylinder compound inverted surface condensing engines, diameter of cylinsders 19" and 38", stroke 2'3", 62HP. (Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) First Aberdeen-built screw trawler From 29/9/1883 to May 1891, NORTH STAR landed £46,951 worth of fish. According to a newspaper article, when twenty years old, this vessel was sold to Cardiff owners, still in A1 condition. Sold to Tees Tug Company Ltd and renamed PRIMROSE and converted to tug. |
Shipbuilder |
DUTHIE |
Shipowner |
W Pyper & Company, Aberdeen |
Dimensions |
length 101' 4" x breadth 19' x depth 10' 2" tonnage 30 tons |
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