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NAME ORDER - the INDEX

 
Warships, Auxiliary Patrol vessels, Support vessels

A.1 to Gwenllian

H.1 to Ozone

P.11 to Zylpha
    

TYPE/CLASS

Warships -
capital ships to motor launches

Auxiliary Patrol
- hired yachts, Admiralty and hired trawlers, Fishery Reserve, whalers, Admiralty and hired steam drifters, hired motor drifters (Part 2 here)

Support and Harbour vessels - patrol vessels, tugs, salvage, boom defence & mooring vessels, blockships, fleet auxiliaries, hospital ships, troopships including RIM


NUMBER
all by Number and by Vessel Name

Pendant Numbers

Admiralty Numbers

Motor Boat Numbers

Fishing Port Registration Numbers




Notes

There are ship additions from other sources, as well as chartered oilers and colliers lost in Admiralty service from "British Vessels Lost at Sea" HMSO 1919.

See "British Naval Vessels Lost, Damaged and Attacked" for fuller details of oilers and colliers, as well as the loss of other vessels.

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Contents
(Main and sub-section numbers have been added following on from Commissioned Warships)

  see also Miscellaneous Patrol Vessels, including Hydrophone-equipped and support vessels



Part 2

30. WHALERS (33)


30.1 Admiralty Whalers new construction


30.2 Other Whalers German Vessels Seized in South Africa

Hired Vessels

Purchased Vessels


31. DRIFTERS


31.1 Admiralty Drifters (323) new construction:

Admiralty Wood Drifters - non-standard units, standard units, cancelled

Canadian-Built Admiralty Wood Drifters

Admiralty Steel Drifters - non-standard units, standard units, cancelled 


31.2 Hired Drifters (1492) Steam Drifters

Motor Drifters



Motor lifeboat





30. WHALERS

 


HM Whaler Cachalot (Navy Photos/Mark Teadham)

 

30.1 Admiralty Whalers

 

ARCTIC WHALE (Z.15), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 878. Launched 7.10.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 20.4.20, same name, renamed BERMUDIAN 1923. Served as BERMUDIAN in WW2.

BALENA (Z.2), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 865. Launched 29.5.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 20.4.20 to A. J. Ashwin, renamed BEECHWIN.

BELUGA (Z.3), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 866. Launched 26.6.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 20.4.20 to A. J. Ashwin, same name.

BLACKWHALE (Z.5), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 868. Launched 28.6.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Mined 3.1.18 off Fife Ness.

BOWHEAD (Z.4), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 867. Launched 26.6.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 20.4.20 to A. J. Ashwin, same name.

BULLWHALE (Z.6), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 869. Launched 28.6.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20 to Allen Adams & Co, same name, later renamed RIO CASMA.

CACHALOT (Z.7), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 870. Launched 28.7.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 1933, renamed GLADIATOR.

COWWHALE (Z.8), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 871. Launched 28.7.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20, renamed RASIT.

FINWHALE (Z.13), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 876. Launched 24.9.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20, renamed HOPKINS BROS, later CANADIAN NATIONAL No. 1.

HUMPBACK (Z.9), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 872. Launched 12.8.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20.

ICEWHALE (Z.12), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 875. Launched 10.9.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Renamed OSPREY 3.24, Sold 15.10.28 to Plymouth & Devon S Bkg Co.

MEG (Z.1), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 1790. Launched 29.5.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr, 1-6pdr AA. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Renamed ZEDWHALE 1.16. Sold 12.2.20, same name, later renamed TSAR DUSHAN.

PILOTWHALE (Z.14), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 877. Launched 24.9.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 20.4.20, same name.

RIGHTWHALE (Z.11), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 874. Launched 10.9.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20, renamed RIO TAMBO.

RORQUAL (Z.10), Admiralty whaler, ordered 15.3.15, Adty No 873. Launched 12.8.15, Smiths Dock. 336 tons/237grt, 132(oa), 125(pp)x25x8ft. TE 1200ihp, 13 kts. Armament: 1?12pdr. From 1915-18, served as coastal anti-submarine escort in one of three squadrons, based at Stornoway, Shetlands, Peterhead or the Humber. Sold 6.3.20.

 

 

30.2 Other Whalers

 

German Vessels Seized in South Africa

AFRIKANDER (ex?BISMARCK, ex-VICTORIA), whaler, German vessel seized in South Africa. Built 1883, 126grt. In service 11.14?2.19 at Cape Station as base ship at Simonstown. Sold, renamed VICTORIA 1922.

FLY (ex?STURMVOGEL), whaler, German vessel seized in South Africa. Built 1913, 167grt. Armament: 1?12pdr, 2?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 in East Africa.

PICKLE (ex?SEEADLER), whaler, German vessel seized in South Africa. Built 1913, 167grt. Armament: 1?12pdr, 2?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 in East Africa.

 

Hired Vessels

HIRPA, hired whaler, Adty No 2017. Built 1911, 110grt, Leith-reg LH.157. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served in British home waters from 1.15. Wrecked 2.1.18 near Buckie.

RAMNA, hired whaler, Adty No 2018. Built 1908, 108grt, Leith-reg LH.366. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. Served in British home waters from 1.15. Purchased, sold 13.11.19.

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Purchased Vessels

CHARON (ex?ECLAIR), whaler. Built 1908, 165grt. Armament: 1?12pdr, 2?3pdr. Purchased 4.15, served in East Africa. Sold 6.3.19 Irvin & Johnson, renamed ECLAIR.

CHILDERS (ex?NORVEGIA), whaler. Built 1912, 182grt. Armament: 1?12pdr. Purchased 1.15, served in East Africa. Sold 1919.

ECHO (ex?BARROWBY), whaler. Built 1912, 182grt. Armament: 1?12pdr, 2?3pdr. Purchased 1.15, served in East Africa. Sold 6.3.19 Irvin & Johnson, renamed BARROWBY.

FAIR HELGA, whaler. Built 1912, 175grt. Purchased, in service 3.8.17?13.3.19 at Cape Station as minesweeper. Sold 1921 Premier Whaling Co, same name.

FAIR MAGDA, whaler. Built 1912, 175grt. Purchased, in service 3.8.17?13.3.19 at Cape Station as minesweeper. Sold 1921 Premier Whaling Co, same name.

NIVONIA, whaler. Built 1912, 175grt. Purchased, in service 3.8.17?26.5.19 in West Africa. Sold Eastern Whaling Co, same name.

NOBLE NORA, whaler. Built 1912, 160grt. Purchased, in service 25.6.17?13.3.19 at Cape Station. Sold 3.19 Premier Whaling Co, same name. Served in WW2.

SALAMANDER (ex?KRABBEN), whaler. Built 1912, 174grt. Armament: 1?12pdr. Purchased 4.15, served in East Africa. Sold 6.3.19 Irvin & Johnson, renamed KRABBEN.

SILESIA, whaler. Built 1912, 175grt. Purchased, in service 3.8.17?26.5.19 in West Africa. Sold 1920 Eastern Whaling Co, same name.

SPLINT, whaler. Built 1912, 136grt. Purchased 4.15, in service from 26.5.15 at Cape Station. Renamed RATTLER 6.15, PRATTLER 7.16. Sold 6.3.19 Premier Whaling Co, renamed SPLINT.

STYX (ex?ETOILE), whaler. Built 1903, 163grt. Armament: 1?12pdr. Purchased 4.15, served in East Africa. Sold 6.3.19 Premier Whaling Co, renamed ETOILE.

TRANSVAALIA, whaler. Built 1912, 160grt. Purchased, in service from 6.17 at Cape Station. Sold 3.19 Eastern Whaling Co, same name. Served in WW2.

 

BJORN, whaler, 14 tons net. Purchased, in service 26.1.18?23.9.19 as store vessel at Scapa Flow.

 


 

 

31. DRIFTERS

 

31.1 Admiralty Drifters

 


HM Drifter Sheen, wood construction (Navy Photos/Mark Teadham)

 

ADMIRALTY WOOD DRIFTERS

Non-Standard Units

DARKNESS, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3883, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 15.6.18, Fellows. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Renamed COLUMBINE 11.19. Sold 1925, renamed SEA HOLLY 1927. Served as SEA HOLLY in WW2.

FLAT CALM, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3890, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.6.18, Forbes. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1920, renamed ROWAN TREE. Served as ROWAN TREE in WW2.

FOGBOW, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3889, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.6.18, Forties. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1923, renamed FERTILE VALE 1924. Served as FERTILE VALE in WW2.

IRIDESCENCE, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3913, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 21.12.17, Innes. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Sold 1926, same name. Served in WW2.

MIDNIGHT SUN, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3930, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 1.5.18, Richards. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. BU 1929.

NADIR, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3931, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 29.5.18, Richards. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1921, renamed SALPA. Served as SALPA in WW2.

NIGHTFALL, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3932, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 4.7.18, Richards. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1921, same name.

NIMBUS, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3933, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 27.8.18, Richards. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1921, renamed GIRL BELLA 1921, JETSAM 1923. Lost 28.7.24.

RAY, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3945, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 9.10.18, Stephen, Banff. 86grt, approx 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 14.10.27, renamed MARGARET & FRANCIS.

SHOOTING STAR, Admiralty wood drifter, non-standard type, Adty No, 3972, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 5.6.18, Colby. Approx 95grt, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1929, renamed SHOOTING STARS 1930.

Standard Units

AFTERGLOW, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3863, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 7.10.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1921, renamed PORT RICHARD. Served as AFTERGLOW in WW2.

AIRPOCKET, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3866, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 8.9.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. renamed AMBITIOUS 8.19. To Fishery Board for Scotland 14.10.20, renamed CINERARIA 1921. Served as CINERARIA Served in WW2.

ANTICYCLONE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3865, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 2.12.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. Sold 9.31, same name. Served in WW2.

ASTRAL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3864, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 17.8.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 6.10.21, foundered 10.21 on delivery passage.

ATMOSPHERE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3862, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 6.7.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.8.21, same name. Lost 6.12.29.

AVALANCHE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3861, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 2.7.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1926, renamed LOCHALSH.

BACKWASH, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3869, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.7.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 4.8.21, renamed WILLIAM C. FARROW 1922. Served as MORVEN HILL Served in WW2.

BLACK FROST, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3871, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 2.9.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. Renamed COLUMBINE 1925. Sold 1929, renamed TIMOR. Served as MILL WATER in WW2.

BLACK NIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3872, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 14.11.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as experiments vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 3.10.21, renamed BLACKNIGHT 1921.

BLUE SKY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3867, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.6.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Foundered 12.6.22 off the Thames estuary.

BOREALIS, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3868, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 5.7.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1921, renamed BRASH 1921.

CIRRUS, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3873, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 9.9.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as patrol boat. Sold 1926, renamed TRAVELLER'S JOY.

CUMULUS, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3874, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.9.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.10.20, renamed BOY JERMYN 1920. Served as BOY JERMYN in WW2.

DAYLIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3884, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 12.7.18, Fellows. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 5.21, renamed TRADEWIND. Served as TRADEWIND in WW2.

DOLDRUM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4138, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 22.1.20, Smith, Rye. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, renamed BEATRICE EVES. Served as GLOAMIN in WW2.

ETESIAN, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3885, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 31.10.18, Fellows. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 19.11.20, same name. Served as M. H. STEPHEN in WW2.

FAIR WEATHER, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3891, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Launched, 25.3.18, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Fishery Board for Scotland 19.8.20, same name. Served in WW2.

FIERY CROSS, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3893, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 9.8.18, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1930, renamed FIRCROFT.

FIREBALL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3888, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 30.1.20, Fellows. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 28.4.20, renamed MAVISTON 1920. Served as HOLLYDALE in WW2.

FIRELIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4154, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 7.11.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 3.2.20, renamed JUST REWARD 1921.

FIRMAMENT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3895, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 28.11.18, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as experimental vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 28.8.20, renamed FOXGLOVE 1921.

FLAME, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3894, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 10.10.18, Forties. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Fishery Board for Scotland 13.10.20, renamed UBEROUS 1921. Served as UBEROUS in WW2.

FLECK, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4155, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 1.10.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.10.19, same name.

FLOTSAM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4157, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 1.10.19, Chambers,. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.10.19, same name.

FLURRY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4158, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 9.3.20, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 28.4.20, same name. Served as GLEAM ON in WW2.

FLUSH, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4504, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 12.3.20, Wood, Lossiemouth. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 29.4.20, same name. Served in WW2.

FOGBANK, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4160, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 4.3.20, Clapson. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 7.10.20, renamed DYKER LASSIE 1921.

FOUNTAIN, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4161, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.6.20, Clapson. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 14.12.20, renamed WHITENIGHT 1922.

FULL MOON, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3892, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Launched, 25.3.18, Forbes,. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1929, renamed ROSE HAUGH. Served as ROSE HAUGH in WW2.

GLACIER, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3898, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 15.12.18, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 18.12.19, renamed GIRL JOEY 1921. Served as SILVER SKY in WW2.

GLEAM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3896, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 10.5.19, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Sold 1921, renamed DOUGALS 1922. Served as REIDS in WW2.

GLINT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3899, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 26.11.19, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 20.12.19, renamed PROSPECTS AHEAD 1921. Served as PROSPECTS AHEAD in WW2.

GLOAMING, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3897, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 17.6.19, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Stranded 4.3.21 near the Lizard.

GREEK FIRE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3901, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 17.6.20, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 17.6.20, same name. Served as PARADIGM in WW2.

GREY SKY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3900, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.7.20, Forbes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 30.8.20, same name. Renamed STAR OF BUCHAN 1929.

HAILSTORM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3982, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 22.10.18, Richards. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.10.20, renamed GIRL LIZZIE 1923. Served as GIRL LIZZIE in WW2.

HEAT WAVE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3983, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 6.12.18, Richards. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Served as experimental vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1921, same name.

HURRICANE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3984, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 5.4.19, Richards. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name. Served as CHARDE in WW2.

ICEBLINK, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3915, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 14.2.20, Jones, Buckie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 11.5.20, renamed STAR DIVINE 1920.

IMBAT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3914, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 23.11.18, Jones, Buckie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as experiments vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 2.9.20, same name. Served in WW2.

LOP, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4170, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 15.1.20, Courtney. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 6.7.20, renamed GREYNIGHT 1922.

MACKEREL SKY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3928, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 24.4.19, Noble,,. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Fishery Board for Scotland 21.10.20, renamed DRAINIE 1921. Served as DRAINIE in WW2.

MAELSTROM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4171, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 11.3.20, Courtney. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 16.6.20, same name. Served as FAIR HAVEN in WW2.

MILKY WAY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3929, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 11.5.20, Noble. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 11.5.20, same name.

MISTRAL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3985, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 29.7.19, Richards. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed GOLDEN LINE. Served as GOLDEN LINE in WW2.

PACKICE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3938, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 22.10.18, Smith, Buckie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 5.7.20, renamed MURRAY CLAN 1921. Served as UTILISE in WW2.

PHASE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3939, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 26.1.20, Smith, Buckie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 26.1.20, same name. Served in WW2.

RAINSTORM, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3992, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 18.10.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1920, same name.

RED SKY, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3941, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 26.11.18, Stephen, Banff. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as experiments vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 31.7.20, same name. Served in WW2.

REFRACTION, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3942, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.6.19, Stephen, Banff. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 17.12.19, same name. Served in WW2.

REVERBERATION, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 5.4.19, Colby,,. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name. Served in WW2.

RIFT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3940, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 17.12.20, Smith, Buckie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 17.12.20, renamed DOORIE BRAE 1921. Served as DOORIE BRAE in WW2.

RIME, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3943, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 4.12.19, Stephen, Banff. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 18.12.19, same name. Served in WW2.

RISING SEA, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3993, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 31.10.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries1921, same name. Served in WW2.

RUNNEL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3994, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 9.12.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 12.10.20, same name.

ST. ELMO'S LIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3957, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 24.11.19, Innes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 22.12.19, renamed SWEET PROMISE 1920. Served as SWEET PROMISE in WW2.

SCEND, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3995, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 11.3.19, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 26.10.20, renamed GIRL HAZEL 1920, W. WOOLLVEN 1922. Lost 31.8.25.

SCOUR, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3996, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 4.1.19, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 26.11.20, renamed CHEVIOTDALE1922.

SCUD, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 23.5.19, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, renamed FLEURBAIX.

SETWEATHER, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 22.10.19, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name.

SHADE, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 27.1.20, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 1920, same name.

SHADOW, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3947, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.11.18, Stevenson & Asher. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 20.10.20, renamed PILOT US 1921. Served as PILOT US in WW2.

SHEET LIGHTNING, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3956, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 26.10.18, Innes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 29.10.20, renamed ROSEACRE 1921. Served as ROSEACRE in WW2.

SHIMMER, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3997, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 6.3.19, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1921, same name.

SILHOUETTE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3870, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.8.18, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 3.31, renamed HONORA EVELYN.

SILT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3960, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 13.1.19, Herd & Mackenzie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Fishery Board for Scotland 3.9.20, renamed ROSEVALLEY 1921. Served as ROSEVALLEY in WW2.

SIROCCO, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 11.6.20, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Renamed DOUBLETIDE 1920. To Fishery Board for Scotland 1921, renamed CAT'S EYE 1921.

SOLSTICE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3959, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.10.18, Herd & Mackenzie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Fishery Board for Scotland 5.7.20, same name. Served in WW2.

SPATE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4000, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 26.7.19, Dunston. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name. Served as MARGUERITA in WW2.

SPLASH, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4101, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 8.10.20, Dunston. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Renamed SPACE 1920. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1920, same name.

SQUALL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4105, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 5.10.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Sold 1920, same name. Renamed GOLDEN FEATHER 1925.

STARLIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3948, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 25.2.19, Stevenson & Asher. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Fishery Board for Scotland 17.9.20, renamed STARLIGHT RAYS 1921. Served as STARLIGHT RAYS in WW2.

STORMCENTRE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4106, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 21.11.18, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Served as experimental vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1922, same name. Served as NORTH HAVEN in WW2.

STORMWRACK, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3944, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 7.8.18, Stevenson & Asher. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Sold 1927, same name. Served as PERILIA in WW2.

SUNLIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4107, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 16.1.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 26.11.20, renamed HANNAH TAYLOR 1920.

SUNRISE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3949, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 3.10.19, Stevenson & Asher. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 10.10.19,

SUNSPOT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3961, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.11.20, Herd & Mackenzie. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 24.11.20, same name.

SURGE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4108, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.5.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed RESURGE. Served as RESURGE in WW2.

SWELL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4186, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 23.6.20, Routh & Waddingham,. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 14.12.20, renamed SILVERNIGHT 1922.

SWIRL, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4109, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 1.2.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Served as experimental vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1921, same name.

THAW, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3963, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 16.3.20, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 22.4.20, same name. Served in WW2.

THUNDERBOLT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3958, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 1.4.20, Innes. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 21.4.20, renamed INA ADAM 1920, MIDNIGHT SUN 1922. Served as GREEN PASTURES in WW2.

TIDAL RANGE, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 13.4.20, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 1921, same name.

TIDERIP, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4110, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 19.5.19, Chambers. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed KENTISH BELLE. Lost 18.2.23 in collision.

TROPIC, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3962, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 22.3.19, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Served as fleet tender. Sold 1922, renamed JOHN PLENDERLEATH.

TWINKLE, Admiralty wood drifter. building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 8.8.20, Colby. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 8.21, renamed CLOUDARCH. Served as CLOUDARCH in WW2.

VAPOUR, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4139, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 24.8.20, Smith, Rye. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, same name. Served as XMAS EVE in WW2.

WILL O' THE WISP, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3964, building programme began May 1917, average cost of hull and machinery £11,500. Delivered 21.10.20, Kitto. 94grt/179 tons deep, 94(oa), 86(pp)x20x10ft. TE 270ihp, 9 kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, renamed WATERWAY, T. R. B. 1921.

Cancelled

Admiralty wood drifter No. 75, building Colby. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named SILVER WAVE 1920, later CADIZ.

Admiralty wood drifter No. 76, building Colby. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Launched, never completed, BU c1956.

Admiralty wood drifter No. 299, building Fellows. Was to have been completed under contract as fishing vessel, but believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named BELLEVUE 1922. Served as BELLE VUE in WW2.

Admiralty wood drifter No. 300, building Fellows. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

BORA, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4111, building Rose Street Foundry. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

FLOODTIDE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4156, building Chambers. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed MARJORIE GRACE 1920.

FLUTTER, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4159, building Chambers. Was to have been completed under contract as fishing vessel, but believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed GOLDEN SUNBEAM 1921. Served as GOLDENSUN BEAM in WW2.

GLARE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3902, building Forbes. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

HAZE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3903, building Forbes. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

HOARFROST, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3904, building Forbes. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

MOONLIGHT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3986, building Richards. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed CARRY ON 1919. Served as CARRY ON in WW2.

MOONRISE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3987, building Richards. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed ASCENDANT 1920.

REFLECTION, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3944, building Stephen, Banff. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

SPOONDRIFT, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4102, building Herd & Mackenzie. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

SPRING TIDE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4103, building Smith, Buckie. Was to have been completed under contract as fishing vessel, but believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

SPUME, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4104, building Stevenson & Asher. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

TIDERACE, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 4187, building Routh & Waddingham. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

VOLUME, Admiralty wood drifter, building Colby. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed GO AHEAD 1919. Served as GO AHEAD in WW2.

WINDHOWL, Admiralty wood drifter, building Colby. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed HARNSER 1919.

WINDWAIL, Admiralty wood drifter, building Colby. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, renamed PLUMER 1919. Served as PLUMER in WW2.

ZENITH, Admiralty wood drifter, Adty No, 3985, building Kitto. Believed cancelled 17.12.18. May have been completed for commercial service.

 

CANADIAN-BUILT ADMIRALTY WOOD DRIFTERS

CD.1, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 4.9.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Renamed EBBTIDE 11.24. Paid off 1946. Sold 1946 Northern S Bkg Co.

CD.2, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 16.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served in West Africa 1918-19. Paid off 1921. Sold 1921, renamed WESTBY 1922, resold 25.9.22 to Spain.

CD.3, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 29.9.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 31.1.19. Sold 1921 Puerto Monte Agency, Peru, renamed CORCOVADO.

CD.4, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 3.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 31.1.19. Sold 1921 Puerto Monte Agency, Peru.

CD.5, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 11.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 31.1.19. Sold 1921 Empresa Maritime de Cuba.

CD.6, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 8.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 31.1.19. Sold 1921, renamed BAY QUEEN. Foundered 1925 off Nova Scotia.

CD.7, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 15.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served in West Africa 1918-19. Paid off 1920. Sold 1921, renamed UTTERBY 1922, resold 1.10.24 to France.

CD.8, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 16.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served in West Africa 1918-19. Paid off 1920. Sold 12.20.

CD.9, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain D. J. Munro.

CD.10, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 20.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to COLEUS 1922 and hull BU.

CD.11, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 22.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served in West Africa 1918. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1921, renamed RAUCEBY 1922, PONTOISE 1925.

CD.12, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 23.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 1920. Sold 12.20.

CD.13, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 29.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed EWERBY 1923, LOCQUELTAS 1925.

CD.14, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 30.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 1.19. Sold 1921, renamed GILBY 1922, resold 21.10.26 to France.

CD.15, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 31.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1921, renamed BRETONIA 1922.

CD.16, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 31.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920.

CD.17, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 8.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 2.19. Sold 1921 Captain Munro, yacht renamed STANSGATE 1925.

CD.18, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 7.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1921 engines to ABELIA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.19, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 10.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1921 engines to TELIA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.20, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 10.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as base ship. Paid off 2.19. Renamed GUELPH 1918. Sold 1921 Captain Munro.

CD.21, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 6.9.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to FORSYTHIA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.22, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 12.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 4.19. Sold 1921, renamed GUNBY 1922, resold 25.9.22 to Spain.

CD.23, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 1919. Sold 1921, renamed BLAIRMORE I 1924, resold 1927 to USA

CD.24, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to BIOTA 1922, converted to motor vessel, renamed DARON 1924. BU c1924.

CD.25, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 2.19. Sold 1921 Captain Munro, renamed FENBY 1923, resold 1.16.25 to France.

CD.26, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 19.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1921, renamed MOON 1924. Sank 1927.

CD.27, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 19.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 2.19. Loaned to Dr Grenfell (Labrador Mission) 7.20, renamed WOP 1921.

CD.28, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 21.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed GRABY 1922, MASSABIELLE 1923.

CD.29, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 21.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 1919. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, resold 1921 W. N. Macdonald.

CD.30, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 9.7.19. Sold 10.9.19 Empresa de Pesca Vianese L'tada, Portugal.

CD.31, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 23.7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed SWABY 1923, resold 1925 to Spain.

CD.32, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 12.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro.

CD.33, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 12.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, resold 1921 W. & T. Macdonald of Sydney, NS.

CD.34, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to MYRICA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.35, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 2.19. Sold 20.5.19 Wm. Smith & Co, renamed H. A. WALKER 1920.

CD.36, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 9.7.19. Sold 1920 W. N. MacDonald, renamed MARGARET MAC.

CD.37, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 11.20, last noted 27.12.20 refloated off Magilligan Point.

CD.38, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920, engines to COLUTEA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.39, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 12.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920, engines to DEUTZIA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.40, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 12.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro.

CD.41, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 9.7.19. Sold 1920 T. Hogan & Co, Halifax, NS.

CD.42, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 15.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to EXTENSION 1922 and hull BU.

CD.43, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro. Wrecked 1921.

CD.44, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed RANBY 1922, resold 25.7.22 to France.

CD.45, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Paid off 8.19. Sold 4.8.19 Georges Latil, Cette, France.

CD.46, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 23.7.19. Sold 10.9.19 Empresa de Pesca Vianese L'tada, Portugal.

CD.47, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 28.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Paid off 1919. Sold 4.8.19 Georges Latil, Cette, France.

CD.48, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 19.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920, engines to OLEARIA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.49, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 10.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro.

CD.50, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Davie SB & R, Levis, commissioned 14.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 9.7.19. Transferred 9.19 to Dept of Marine & Fisheries, renamed No. 21.

CD.51, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Government Shipyard, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 1920. Sold 1921, renamed TEALBY 1922, LOCMARIA 1925.

CD.52, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Government Shipyard, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed ROXBY 1922.

CD.53, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Government Shipyard, Sorel, commissioned 12.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed KARRIER 1922.

CD.54, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Foundered 4.10.20 on passage to the UK.

CD.55, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed LUSBY 1923. Missing 12.2.24.

CD.56, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed BULBY 1923, FANION 1924.

CD.57, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 1918. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Lost at sea before 8.20.

CD.58, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 3.9.19. Sold 11.20, renamed MARY CURRIE.

CD.59, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Sorel SB & Coal Co, Sorel, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.8.19. Sold 1920 T. Kirkwood, renamed TWO ROSES.

CD.60, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by H. H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920, renamed WELBY 1923, resold 30.10.24 to France.

CD.61, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by H. H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 2.9.19. Sold 1920 T. Kirkwood, Montreal, renamed LAURA A.1 1928, FOUNDATION MARGARET 1930.

CD.62, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed OSEBY 1923, resold 9.3.23 to France.

CD.63, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed DRIBY 1922, YVONNE GASTON 1924.

CD.64, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro.

CD.65, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 28.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.8.19. Sold 1920 T. Kirkwood, renamed METAK.

CD.66, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed SAXBY 1922, resold 25.9.22 to Spain.

CD.67, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by LeClalre & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.7.19. Sold 1920.

CD.68, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by H. H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 12.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro.

CD.69, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by H. H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 20.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 1920. Sold 1920, renamed JEWERBY 1921, ALINE 1921. BU 1929.

CD.70, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by H. H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Alex Smith, renamed MARY SMITH.

CD.71, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 22.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr, Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Renamed EVENTIDE 1923. Sold c1926.

CD.72, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 23.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Renamed FLOODTIDE 1923. Sold c1926.

CD.73, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 5.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Paid off 1.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed CLIXBY 1923, FOI 1925.

CD.74, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 17.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 2.19. Renamed SEAGULL 1921. Sold 1921.

CD.75, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.10.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 1926. Sold 1926.

CD.76, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 8.19. Sold 1920, engines to SILENE 1922 and hull BU.

CD.77, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed KELBY 1923, resold 6.12.24 to Spain.

CD.78, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 3.9.19. Sold 11.20 W. & T. MacDonald.

CD.79, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920.

CD.80, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed RISBY 1922.

CD.81, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 5.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Paid off 1919. Sold 1920, renamed DONNA.

CD.82, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Renamed ONYX 7.19. Paid off 1946. Foundered 21.3.47.

CD.83, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 1.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920, renamed NORMAN MAC 1921.

CD.84, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 12.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as examination vessel. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, renamed INGOLDBY 1923.

CD.85, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 17.7.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 12.18. Sold 1920 Captain Munro, engines to AREA 1922 and hull BU.

CD.86, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Foundered 11.10.20 on passage to the UK

CD.87, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 10.11.17. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Paid off 12.18. Foundered 12.10.20 on passage to the UK.

CD.88, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Foundered 25.7.20 on passage to the UK.

CD.89, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 1919. Sold 1920 Job Brothers, St John, Newfoundland.

CD.90, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Paid off 1919. Sold 1920 Salaverry Agencies, Peru, later renamed GOUVENEUR D'ANGEAC.

CD.91, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 12.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served as examination vessel. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920.

CD.92, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Bermuda 1918-19. Paid off 1919. Sold 1920 Salaverry Agencies, Peru.

CD.93, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 19.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Served at Gibraltar 1918-19. Paid off 10.19. Foundered 27.8.20 on passage to the UK.

CD.94, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 5.8.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.9.19. Sold 11.20.

CD.95, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 1.9.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Paid off 7.19. Sold 1920 Captain Alex Smith, renamed ALICE L. SMITH. Sank 1921, still extant 1924 as a hulk.

CD.96, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.9.19. Sold 1920, renamed MARY PATRICIA 1921.

CD.97, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Harbour commissioners, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.9.19. Sold 1920, renamed GRACE HANKINSON. Lost 25.1.30.

CD.98, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Harbour commissioners, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 3.9.19. Sold 1920, renamed PEARL CANN 1921.

CD.99, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Harbour commissioners, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 2.9.19. Sold 1920 T Kirkwood, renamed MARY FRANCIS WHALEN, DONNELLY 1925.

CD.100, Canadian-built Admiralty wood drifter, ordered 1.17. Built by Harbour commissioners, Montreal, commissioned 14.10.18. 99grt/150 ton, 84(pp)x19x10ft. Compound engines 24 nominal hp, 9 kts. Armament (designed): 1?6pdr. Loaned to USN. Paid off 16.9.19. Sold 1920, renamed ARICHAT 1921.

 

ADMIRALTY STEEL DRIFTERS

Non-Standard Units

DAYSPRING, Admiralty steel drifter, non-standard unit, Adty No, 3882. Delivered 19.12.17, Fellows. 108grt, c86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 10.8.20, renamed CASTLEBAY 1921. Served as CASTLEBAY in WW2.

ELEPHANTA, Admiralty steel drifter, non-standard unit, Adty No, 3886. Delivered 16.1.20, Fellows. 107grt, c86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, renamed BYNG. Served as BYNG in WW2.

Standard Units

BLARE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4140. Delivered 29.4.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed MAY BIRD.

BLIZZARD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3971. Delivered 30.7.18, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1921, renamed SATINSTONE. Served as HARVEST GLEANER in WW2.

BLUE HAZE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4144. Delivered 6.6.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 14.7.19, same name. Served in WW2.

BOW WAVE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4142. Delivered 29.7.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 26.6.19, same name. Served in WW2.

BREAKER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4143. Delivered 16.9.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed KATHLEEN. Served as KATHLEEN in WW2.

BRINE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3966. Launched 17.5.18, Ouse SB, 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 28.7.20, same name. Served in WW2.

BROIL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4144. Delivered 8.10.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 8.10.19, same name. Served as M A WEST in WW2.

BUBBLE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4145. Delivered 30.10.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 2.12.19, same name. Served as UNICITY in WW2.

CALM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3877. Launched 9.5.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 10.8.20, renamed JOHN HEDLEY 1920. Served as PRE?EMINENT in WW2.

CASCADE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3967. Launched 3.7.18, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1945, renamed ILLUSTRIOUS 1946.

CATSPAW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3988. Launched 6.8.18, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Foundered 28.12.19 in the Kattegat en route Reval to Copenhagen.

CHIMERA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4146. Delivered 16.7.20, Brown's DD, Hull. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 21.9.20, renamed J. R. MITCHELL 1920. Served as TWINKLING STAR in WW2.

CLEARING, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 14.11.19, Ailsa, Troon. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 17.3.21, renamed VERNAL. Served as VERNAL in WW2.

CLOUD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3876. Launched 11.4.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Sold 1946, renamed CORNUCOPIA 1947.

COLD SNAP, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3875. Launched 28.1.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1945, renamed WHITEHILL 1948.

COLDBLAST, Admiralty steel drifter. Launched 19.11.19, Ailsa, Troon. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 17.3.21, renamed ELSIE BRUCE.

CONFLAGRATION, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4200. Delivered 25.9.19, Watson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 3.9.20, same name, renamed MADELEINE JEANNE 1927.

CRESCENT MOON, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3878. Launched 27.5.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To War Dept 30.4.46.

CURRENT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4148. Delivered 3.12.19, Chambers. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 29.9.20, renamed COPIOUS 1923. Served as COPIOUS in WW2.

CYCLONE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4501. Delivered 21.10.19, Watson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 5.12.19, renamed BLUSTER 1920.

DAWN, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3879. Launched 11.6.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Renamed EXPANSE 1919. To Fishery Board for Scotland 13.11.19, same name, renamed JANE WRIGHT 1922

DAYBREAK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3880. Launched 9.7.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 24.8.20, renamed RALPH HALL CAINE 1920. Served as ALLOCHY in WW2.

DEW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3969. Delivered 6.9.18, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 24.6.20, same name, renamed MOYRA 1923. Served as OLIVE TREE in WW2.

DISTANCE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4149. Delivered 20.1.20, Chambers. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 24.9.20, renamed LEONARD BOYLE 1920. Served as DUNDARG in WW2.

DRIZZLE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4150. Delivered 10.2.20, Chambers. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 8.5.20, same name. Served as PILOT STAR in WW2.

DUSK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3881. Launched 9.8.18, Duthie. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 23.6.20, same name. Served as COSMEA in WW2.

EDDY, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3973. Launched 6.8.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Mined 26.5.42 off Malta.

FAIR WIND, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3974. Launched 6.8.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. Renamed ATTENTIVE II 5.19. To Fishery Board for Scotland 21.6.20, renamed HAWTHORNBANK 1920. Served as HAWTHORNBANK in WW2.

FALLING STAR, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3975. Launched 20.8.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 8.11.19, renamed BETTY BODIE 1921. Served as BETTY BODIE in WW2.

FLAFF, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4502. Delivered 2.1.20, Watson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 30.1.20, renamed RIVER UGIE 1921, NELLIE GARDINER 1921.

FLASH, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3970. Launched 16.2.18, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 17.11.20, renamed A. J. A. 1920.

FLICKER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3976. Launched 21.8.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Sold 1935, renamed MARY WATT. Served as MARY WATT in WW2.

FLOW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4503. Delivered 31.3.20, Watson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. To Fishery Board for Scotland 19.8.20, same name. Served in WW2.

FOAM, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 1.10.20, Abdela Mitchell. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 7.1.21, renamed STARWORT 1921. Served as PLOUGH in WW2.

FOGBREAK, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 21.12.20, Abdela Mitchell. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 7.1.21, renamed CRAIGHALL, 1921. Served as SPES AUREA in WW2.

FORK LIGHTNING, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4112. Delivered 22.11.18, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 20.8.20, same name, renamed RAMSEY BAY 1921.

FRESHET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3977. Delivered 21.10.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Fishery Board for Scotland 24.7.20, renamed JEAN PATERSON 1920. Served as XMAS ROSE in WW2.

FROTH, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3978. Delivered 25.10.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1920, renamed FLORENCE PRITCHARD 1921. Served as EUNICE & NELLIE in WW2.

FUMAROLE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4162. Delivered 11.1.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Sold 1947, same name.

FUME, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4163. Delivered 4.6.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1920, same name, later renamed SAINT PIERRE.

GALAXY, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4164. Delivered 29.4.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name.

GALE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4125. Delivered 6.6.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 5.19, delivered 6.19, renamed OCEAN LOVER. Served as OCEAN LOVER in WW2.

GLITTER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3979. Launched 8.10.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Renamed RALEIGH 1930. Sold 1946, renamed OCEAN RALEIGH.

GLOSS, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4155. Delivered 8.8.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name, later renamed MURIELLE.

GLOW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3980. Delivered 21.11.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 13.11.19, same name. Served in WW2.

GREEN SEA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4166. Delivered 13.4.20, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 21.12.20, renamed GLADYS & VIOLET 1920. Served as RIANT in WW2.

GREY SEA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4113. Delivered 13.1.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 1.9.20, same name, renamed ROSEBAY 1930. Served as PYRAMUS in WW2.

GROUNDSWELL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4137. Launched 17.5.19, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 19.11.20, renamed ELIE NESS 1921. Served as TRUSTY STAR in WW2.

GULF STREAM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4167. Delivered 10.9.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 24.8.20, renamed JENNY IRVIN 1921. Served as JENNY IRVIN in WW2.

GUST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3981. Delivered 6.12.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries12.10.20, same name, renamed BURN HAVEN 1922. Served as BURNHAVEN in WW2.

HALO, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3908. Delivered 4.5.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1946, same name.

HARMATTAN, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3906. Delivered 17.4.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1946, same name, renamed WELLSPRING 1948.

HIGH TIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4168. Delivered 28.10.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 28.11.19, same name. French AD.75 HIGH TIDE, later RN in WW2.

HORIZON, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3905. Delivered 30.3.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1945, renamed HAMNAVOE 1947.

ICEBERG, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3910. Launched 1.7.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To MA& F 13.11.19, renamed MARIGOLD 1921. Served as MARIGOLD II in WW2.

ICEFIELD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4136. Launched 5.4.19, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 2.9.20, renamed JESSIE WATSON, 1920.

ICEFLOE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3909. Delivered 28.6.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 15.12.19, same name, renamed SUNNY BIRD 1923. Served as SUNNY BIRD in WW2.

ICEPACK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3911. Launched 12.6.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1922, renamed ACCORD. Served as ACCORD in WW2.

ICICLE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3912. Launched 25.6.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 8.7.20, renamed MILDRED W. RAWSON 1922. Served as JUNE ROSE in WW2.

INDIAN SUMMER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3916. Delivered 8.2.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1947, same name.

LANDBREEZE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4169. Delivered 11.2.20, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 17.4.20, same name.

LANDFALL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3921. Launched 15.6.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. For disposal 1946 at Alexandria.

LASHER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4130. Delivered 9.2.20, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 10.2.20, same name. Served in WW2.

LEEWARD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3917. Delivered 20.2.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1947, renamed BETTY DUTHIE.

LEVANTER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4118. Delivered 14.12.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Sold 9.27 after stranding 13.10.26 near Peterhead.

LOW TIDE, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 3.12.19, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 25.1.20, renamed SEAWARD 1922. Served as LOYAL FRIEND in WW2.

LULL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3919. Delivered 9.4.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. Sold 1921, same name, renamed EUNELMA 1924.

LUNAR BOW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3920. Launched 15.6.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1945, same name.

MELODY, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4172. Delivered 4.2.21, Crichton Thompson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 4.2.21, renamed ROSE DUNCAN 1921.

MIRAGE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3926. Delivered 16.12.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 6.7.20, renamed THORNTREE 1920.

MIST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3927. Launched 21.11.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To War Dept 1943, renamed JAMES JOHN STON 1947.

MOONBEAM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3922. Launched 4.9.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1922, renamed SKIMMER.

MOONSET, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 10.2.20, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 20.10.20, renamed FLORA TAYLOR 1920.

MOONSHINE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3923. Launched 4.9.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1924, same name.

MORN, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4173. Delivered 17.3.21, Crichton Thompson. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 1921, same name, renamed HOMEFINDER 1922. Served as DEFENSOR in WW2.

MURK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3925. Delivered 13.11.18, Lewis, 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1-6pdr. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 16.10.20, renamed GIRLS FRIEND 1922. Served as TRUST in WW2.

NEAPTIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4174. Delivered 21.8.20, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 19.11.20, same name, renamed SMILING THRU 1923. Stranded 20.4.24.

NEBULA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3934. Delivered 19.11.18, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 20.8.20, NACRE 1920. Served as CALLIOPSIS in WW2.

NEW MOON, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3936. Delivered 27.1.20, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 27.1.20, renamed THE MILNES 1920. Served as UGIEVALE in WW2.

NODE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3988. Delivered 18.10.18, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Sold 1922, renamed TIGER'S EYE. Served as GOLDEN VIEW in WW2.

NOONTIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3989. Launched 11.6.18, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 11.6.48, same name.

NORTHERN LIGHTS, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3935. Delivered 16.4.19, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed SUNNYSIDE GIRL. Served as SUNNYSIDE GIRL in WW2.

OVERFALL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3990. Delivered 29.10.18, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1921, same name. Served in WW2.

OZONE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3937. Delivered 30.3.20, Rose Street Foundry. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 3.5.20, renamed GIRL GEORGIA 1920.

PAMPERO, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4133. Delivered 1.11.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 10.19, delivered 11.19, renamed EDALBA. Served as ACORN in WW2.

PHOSPHOROUS, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4122. Delivered 21.2.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed OCEAN SPRITE. Served as OCEAN SPRITE in WW2.

QUICKSAND, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3991. Delivered 6.3.19, Colby. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. To Fishery Board for Scotland 4.8.20, same name. Served as EPHRATAH in WW2.

RADIATION, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4176. Delivered 18.11.20, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 26.11.20, same name, renamed AGNES GARDNER 1922. Served as AGNES GARDNER in WW2.

RAINBAND, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4175. Launched 17.6.19, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 15.12.20, renamed CRAIGLEA 1922.

SANDSTORM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3907. Delivered 31.5.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To FES 12.7.20, renamed GLENBRECK 1920, RIVER EYE 1924.

SCINTILLA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4177. Delivered 25.11.20, Ouse SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 7.12.20, renamed ASPARAGUS 1921. Served as MARY SWANSTON in WW2.

SEA FOG, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3952. Delivered 18.12.18, Webster & Bickerton. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 15.11.19, came name, renamed SELIMUS 1921. Served as PRIMORDIAL in WW2.

SEABREEZE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4119. Launched 22.11.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Sold 1946, renamed SAPPHIRE STONE 1947.

SHEEN, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3955. Launched 11.5.18, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1946, renamed GOOD TIDINGS.

SHOWER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3998. Delivered 30.9.18, Brooks. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Sold 1946, same name.

SLEET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3999. Delivered 6.11.18, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 20.8.20, same name, renamed EYEDALE 1924. Served as CONSOLATION in WW2.

SNOWDRIFT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3918. Delivered 3.4.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. To Fishery Board for Scotland 12.10.20, renamed FIFE NESS 1921. Served as GEORGE G. BAIRD in WW2.

SNOWFLAKE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3953. Delivered 2.12.19, Webster & Bickerton. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 28.8.20, renamed C. S. D. 1920. Served as MARY HERD in WW2.

SPECTRUM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3954. Launched 27.3.18, Brooke. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Served as minesweeper. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 29.9.20, same name. Served in WW2.

SPURT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4184. Delivered 16.1.20, Pimblott. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 15.9.20, renamed CRAIGENTINNY 1920. Served as CRAIGENTINNY in WW2.

STERN WAVE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4185. Delivered 27.3.20, Pimblott. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 25.8.20, renamed CRAIGLEITH 1920. Served as SUMMER ROSE in WW2.

SUNBURST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3924. Delivered 11.11.18, Lewis. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Sold 1921, renamed BOY ANDREW. Served as BOY ANDREW in WW2.

SUNDOWN, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4120. Launched 22.11.18, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as minesweeper. Wrecked 30.8.39 on Sullom Voe, Shetlands

SUNSET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3950. Delivered 22.6.18, Webster & Bickerton. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Total loss 1.4.42 by air attack at Malta, BU 7.43.

SUNSHINE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3951. Delivered 26.9.18, Webster & Bickerton. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Armament: 1?6pdr. Renamed BILLOW 1918. Sold 1935, renamed CRAIGROY 1936. Served as CRAIGROY in WW2.

THUNDERCLAP, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4123. Delivered 2.6.19, Hall,, 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed ZENA & ELLA. Served as MACE in WW2.

TIDALWAVE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4126. Launched 8.3.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 11.12.19, renamed SOPHIA S. SUMMERS 1920, NORMAN WILSON 1923. Served as NORMAN WILSON in WW2.

TYPHOON, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4124. Delivered 22.5.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed OCEAN LASSIE. Served as OCEAN LASSIE in WW2.

UNDERTOW, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4190. Delivered 7.8.19, Scott, Bowling. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 5.1.20, same name. Served as SPIES MELIOR in WW2.

WAFT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4191. Delivered 11.9.19, Scott, Bowling. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 9.1.20, renamed GENIUS 1921. Served as GENIUS in WW2.

WATERFALL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4132. Delivered 16.9.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed HOMOCEA.

WATERSHED, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4127. Delivered 18.10.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 24.10.19, same name, later renamed SALVIAN. Served as CONVALLARIA in WW2.

WATERSMEET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4131. Delivered 16.9.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, same name, renamed GEORGE BAKER 1922. Served as GEORGE BAKER in WW2.

WAVELET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4121. Delivered 21.2.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. Sold 1919, renamed OCEAN DAWN.

WHIRLBLAST, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 31.7.20, Lea SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 31.7.20, renamed STELLA AURORAE 1921. Served as JACKEVE in WW2.

WHIRLPOOL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4129. Launched 10.10.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Served as tender. Sold 1947, same name.

WHITE HORSES, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4128. Delivered 29.10.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 30.4.20, renamed BENACHIE 1920. Served as BENACHIE in WW2.

WHITECLOUD, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 25.8.20, Lea SB. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 9.12.20, same name, renamed ADMIRAL STARTIN 1922. Served as FISHER LAD in WW2.

WILLIWAW, Admiralty steel drifter. Delivered 29.1.20, Brooks. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries 3.9.20, same name. Served as MORAY ROSE in WW2.

WINDFALL, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4135. Delivered 10.5.20, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 10.5.20, same name.

WINDRISE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4196. Delivered 31.8.20, Warren. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 26.11.20, same name. Served as CASSIOPEA in WW2.

WINDSHIFT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4197. Delivered 23.10.20, Warren. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 22.12.20, same name, renamed QUIET WATERS 1922.

WINDWARD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4134. Delivered 4.12.19, Hall. 94grt/199 tons (deep), 93(oa), 86x18x9. TE 270 ihp, 9kts. Completed as fishing vessel. To Fishery Board for Scotland 16.12.19, same name, renamed COULIT HEAD 1921. Served as SCARLET THREAD in WW2.

Cancelled

Admiralty steel drifters, Builders Nos. 363?366, building Ailsa. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

Admiralty steel drifters, Builders Nos. 461?462, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

BLUSH, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4198, building Thomas, Amlwch. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

BLUSTER, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4199, building Thomas, Amlwch. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

BRASH, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

BREAKING SEA, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

BURN, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

CLOUDARCH, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

CLOUDBANK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4114, building Webster & Bickerton. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named ARABIS 1922.

CLOUDBURST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4147, building Brown's DD, Hull. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

CROSSTIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4115, building Webster & Bickerton. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

DARK NIGHT, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4116, building Webster & Bickerton. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

DOUBLETIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, building Ailsa. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

DOWNPOUR, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4117, building Webster & Bickerton. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

DROUGHT, Admiralty steel drifter, building Ailsa. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

EBBTIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4151, building Chambers. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

EQUINOX, Admiralty steel drifter, building Ailsa. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

EVENTIDE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4152, building Chambers. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

EXPANSE, Admiralty steel drifter, building Ailsa. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

FALLING SEA, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4153, building Chambers. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

FULMINATION, Admiralty steel drifter, building Abela Mitchell. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

GREGALI, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

HERTZIAN RAY, Admiralty steel drifter, building Abela Mitchell. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

INUNDATION, Admiralty steel drifter, building Abela Mitchell. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

LONGSWELL, Admiralty steel drifter, building Abela Mitchell. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

OCEAN SWELL, Admiralty steel drifter, building Brooke. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named OCEAN SWELL 1920. Served in WW2.

OUTLINE, Admiralty steel drifter, building Brooke. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named OUTLINE 1920. Served as NORBREEZE in WW2.

PUFF, Admiralty steel drifter, building Brooke. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named PUFF 1920. Served as GOWANHILL in WW2.

SCOTCH MIST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4178, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SEA MIST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4179, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SHEMAL, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SKYLINE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 3887, building Fellows. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18. Completed for commercial service, named PLIOSAURUS 1923.

SMOKE CLOUD, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4180, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SNOWSTORM, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4181, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SPACE, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4183, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

SPARK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4182, building Ouse SB. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

STREAM, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

TIDESET, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4188, building T. H. Scarr, Howden. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

TRADEWIND, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4189, building T. H. Scarr, Howden. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

WATERWAY, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4192, building Scott, Bowling. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

WAVECREST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4193, building Scott, Bowling. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

WHISK, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4194, building Scott, Bowling. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

WHITE FROST, Admiralty steel drifter, Adty No, 4195, building Scott, Bowling. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

WINDWHISTLE, Admiralty steel drifter, building Duthie. Cancelled, order dated 17.12.18.

 

 

31.2 Hired Drifters

 

Numbers of Vessels Hired (and Lost by Port of Registration)

 

Port of Registration (Port Identification Letters)

 Number of ships taken up between 1914 and 1918

Totals losses (mainly British and NW European waters)

 

Enemy Action

 

Marine Causes

 

Fire or accident

 

 

Unknown.

 

Mercantile Loss

 

German surface ships

Austrian surface ships

U-boats

Mined

Aircraft

Collision

Disappeared

Foundered

Stranded/

Wrecked

STEAM DRIFTERS

Aberdeen (A)

15 3 1     2                
Arbroath (AH) 1 -                        

Banff (BF)

 229 19 (5 Med)  1 4 1 6   3 1 1 1   1  

Berwick (BK)

 19 3 1   1     1            

Buckie (BCK)

136 12 (9 Med)   5   3 1 2   1        

Coleraine (CE)

1 1       1                

Dublin (D)

 1 -                        

Dundee (DE)

1 -                        

Fraserburgh (FR)

92 13 (7 Med)   3   5   1   1 2 1 accident    

Granton (GN)

 1 -                        

Grimsby (GY)

 1 -                        

Hull (H)

3 -                        

Inverness (INS)

123 8       1   3 1 1 2      
Kirkcaldy (KY) 48 5 (1 Med)   1   1   3            

Leith (LH)

4 -                        

Lerwick (LK)

 8 -                        

Londonderry (LY)

8 1 (Med)                 1      
Lowestoft (LT)  323 37 (8 Med) 9 2 1 12   8   1 2   1 1
Methil (ML) 6 -                        
Milford Haven (M)  2 -                        

Montrose (ME)

6

1       1                

North Shields (SN)

15 2 (1 Med)     1 Austrian           1      

Peterhead (PD)

103 3 (1 Med)   1   1   1            

Scarborough (SH)

12 -                        
Shoreham (SM) 1 -                        

Stornoway (SY)

1 -                        

West Hartlepool (HL)

2 -                        

Whitby (WY)

10 3 1         1     1      
Wick (WK)  19 2           2            

Yarmouth (YH)

181 17 (2 Med)  2 1   8   4 1   1      

Totals

1372

130 15 17 4 41 1 29 3 5 11 1 2 1

MOTOR DRIFTERS

no registration 5 1           1            
Arbroath (AH) 4 -                        

Banff (BF)

26 3     1           1 1 fire    

Berwick (BK)

 16 -                        

Brixham (BM)

3 -                        

Buckie (BCK)

5 -                        

Fraserburgh (FR)

21 3           1     1 1 fire    

Grimsby (GY)

 2 -                        

Hull (H)

2 -                        

Inverness (INS)

2 -                        
Kirkcaldy (KY) 2 -                        
Leith (LH) 2 -                        
Methil (ML) 5 -                        

Padstow (PW)

1 -                        

Peterhead (PD)

8 1                   1 fire    

Portsmouth (P)

1 -                        
Wick (WK) 14 1           1            

Totals

119

9 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 3 - -

 

 

STEAM DRIFTERS

A. M. LEASK, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.492. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

ABERDOUR, hired drifter, Adty No 1307. Built 1908, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.274. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

ACCEPTABLE, hired drifter, Adty No M, 1299. Built 1911, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1125. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

ACCUMULATOR, hired drifter, Adty No 3237. Built 1912, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1184. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

ACHIEVABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 212. Built 1913, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.87. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper, escort vessel.

ACQUISITION, hired drifter. Built 1913, 83grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.582. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as stores & water carrier. Served in WW2.

ACTIVE II, hired drifter, Adty No 1086. Built 1906, 65grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.520. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

ACTIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2486. Built 1907, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.771. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?10.17 as net vessel. Renamed ACTIVE III 5.15. Mined 15.10.17 off Milford Haven.

ADELE, hired drifter, Adty No 1499, 1498. Built 1915, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.473. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed KINGFISHER 6.18. Served as ADELE in WW2.

ADMIRABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2284. Built 1914, 90grt, Buckie-reg BCK.203. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 2.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic Sea.

ADMIRATION, hired drifter. Built 1914, 77grt, Inverness-reg INS.99. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel water carrier.

ADMIRE, hired drifter, Adty No 2051. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.518. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.16?1919 as examination vessel. Served in WW2.

ADORATION, hired drifter. Built 1912, 93grt, Banff-reg BF. 425. In service 6.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

AGNES & JANET, hired drifter, Adty No 2763. Built 1914, 91grt, Berwick-reg BK.328. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

AIVERN, hired drifter, Adty No 1802. Built 1910, 72grt, Inverness-reg INS.325. In service 4.15?2.17 as net vessel. Foundered 8.2.17 in the English Channel.

AJAX, hired drifter, Adty No 1069. Built 1909, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.340. In service 1.15?10.16 as net vessel. Renamed AJAX II 2.15. Sunk 27.10.16 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

ALABURN, hired drifter, Adty No 744. Built 1912, 85grt, Whitby-reg WY.169. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ALBATROSS, hired drifter. Built 1903, 76grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.478. In service 7.15?2.19 as boom defence vessel. Lost 15.2.19 accidentally.

ALBATROSS, hired drifter, Adty No 2428. Built 1907, 86grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.226. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ALBATROSS IV 8.15.

ALERT II, hired drifter, Adty No 2418. Built 1907, 83grt, Peterhead-reg PD.131. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

ALERT, hired drifter, Adty No 2199. Built 1907, 96grt, Peterhead-reg PD.506. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed ALERT III 7.15.

ALEX WATT, hired drifter, Adty No 943. Built 1913, 86grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.586. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

ALFRED, hired drifter, Adty No 1036. Built 1907, 96grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1053. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ALICES, hired drifter, Adty No 73. Built 1907, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.210. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as hydrophone training ship.

ALL'S WELL, hired drifter, Adty No 1818. Built 1910, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.751. In service 8.15?1919 as minesweeper.

ALPHA, hired drifter, Adty No 2177. Built 1903, 92grt, Inverness-reg INS.559. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed ALPHA II 8.15.

AMBITIOUS, hired drifter, Adty No 215. Built 1910, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.519. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1921 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Renamed AMBITIOUS II 8.19.

AMIABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 755. Built 1910, 72grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.554. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

AMITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2551. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.929. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

ANCHOR OF HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2376. Built 1907, 95grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.214. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ANCHOR OF HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2295. Built 1903, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.484. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed ANCHOR OF HOPE II 5.15.

ANCHOR STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2718. Built 1908, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.127. In service 12.15?1920 as net vessel.

ANDRINA, hired drifter, Adty No 2132. Built 1911, 92grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.134. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel. Served as ROSSARD in WW2.

ANGELINA, hired drifter, Adty No 1850. Built 1908, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.69. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

ANIMATE, hired drifter, Adty No 3076. Built 1917, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.622. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.17?1919. Served in WW2.

ANNIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2118. Built 1907, 94grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.420. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?12.17 as net vessel. Destroyed 19.12 17 after grounding off Enos.

ANNIE CUMINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2377. Built 1913, 80grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.536. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as MARY J. MASSON in WW2.

ANNIE SMITH, hired drifter, Adty No 2413. Built 1907, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.422. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?4.18 as net vessel. Sunk 9.4.18 in collision off Lundy Island.

ANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2510. Built 1903, 61grt, Buckie-reg BCK.124. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel, stores & water carrier.

ARCADY, hired drifter, Adty No B, 1290. Built 1910, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.741. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

ARCHIMEDES, hired drifter. Built 1911, 83grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.720. In service 10.15?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

ARDLAW, hired drifter, Adty No 2036. Built 1909, 94grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.44. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

ARIMATHEA, hired drifter, Adty No 1122. Built 1907, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1084. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

ARNDILLY CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 564. Built 1908, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.500. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ARTHUR H. JOHNSON, hired drifter, Adty No 1025. Built 1913, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.402. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ASPIRANT, hired drifter, Adty No 1312. Built 1909, 81grt, Peterhead-reg PD.510. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

ASPIRE, hired drifter, Adty No 2478. Built 1907, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.941. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

ASTRUM SPEI, hired drifter, Adty No 2452. Built 1914, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.57. In service 2.15?7.16 as net vessel. Sunk 9.7.16 by Austrian cruiser off Brindisi.

ATALANTA, hired drifter. Built 1903, 60grt, Buckie-reg BCK.165. In service 5.15?1919 as boom defence vessel tender.

AU FAIT, hired drifter, Adty No 763. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.364. In service 1.15?4.16 as net vessel. Sunk 25.4.16 by German destroyer off Zeebrugge.

AU RETOUR, hired drifter, Adty No 2407. Built 1906, 73grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.550. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

AUCHMEDDEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2380. Built 1914, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.74. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

AULD LANG SYNE, hired drifter, Adty No 1097. Built 1906, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.496. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

AURORA II, hired drifter. Built 1906, 74grt, Banff-reg BF. 387. In service 2.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

AVONDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 2114. Built 1911, 80grt, Banff-reg BF. 311. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 1.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic Sea.

AZARAEL, hired drifter, Adty No 565. Built 1907, 94grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.169. Armament: 1?6pdr, 1?2pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

B. SUTHERLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 2053. Built 1915, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.214. In service 1.16?1919 on fleet duties. Served as LORD CAVAN in WW2.

B. T. B., hired drifter, Adty No 1553. Built 1911, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1153. Armament: 1?12pdr AA, 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BADEN POWELL, hired drifter, Adty No 1448. Built 1900, 72grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.152. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

BARBARA COWIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2509. Built 1909, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.43. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

BARLEY STALK, hired drifter, Adty No 3112. Built 1917, 91grt, Banff-reg BF.365. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.17?1919 as minesweeper.

BARNARDO, hired drifter, Adty No 1135. Built 1909, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.318. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BARTONIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2259. Built 1908, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.32. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BEACON STAR, hired drifter. Built 1911, 99grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.770. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel workshop.

BEATRICE, hired drifter, Adty No 1425. Built 1905, 62grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.389. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BEATRICE II 5.15, BEATRICE III 6.15.

BEGONIA, hired drifter, Adty No 1393. Built 1907, 91grt, Inverness-reg INS.319. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BEGONIA II 10.15.

BELLE O'MORAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2370. Built 1911, 83grt, Inverness-reg INS.256. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BELLONA II, hired drifter, Adty No 2002. Built 1907, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.403. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

BELOS, hired drifter, Adty No 1939. Built 1900, 68grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.515. In service 10.15?3.18 as armed boarding ship, on misc. service.

BEN & LUCY, hired drifter, Adty No 1902. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.714. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BEN BUI, hired drifter, Adty No 2135. Built 1910, 73grt, Inverness-reg INS.158. Armament: 1?3pdr, 1?57mm. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

BENEFICENT, hired drifter, Adty No 2134. Built 1907, 80grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.195. In service 5.15-6.16 as net vessel. Sunk 1.6.16 by gunfire near Saruichey LV, Adriatic Sea.

BERRIE BRAES, hired drifter, Adty No 2481, 2574. Built 1908, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.1114. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

BERYL II, hired drifter. Built 1909, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.46. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

BERYL, hired drifter, Adty No 2165. Built 1907, 81grt, Inverness-reg INS.353. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BERYL III 11.15.

BESSIE, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Wick-reg WK.605. In service 7.15?1920 on misc. service. Renamed CROSSBOW 8.18.

BETSY, hired drifter, Adty No 2494. Built 1903, 86grt, Peterhead-reg PD.472. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BETSY SLATER, hired drifter, Adty No 2408. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.390. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BIEN VENU, hired drifter, Adty No 3243. Built 1910, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.631. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel.

BLACKTHORN, hired drifter, Adty No 1493. Built 1904, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.828. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

BLITHESOME, hired drifter, Adty No 2554. Built 1908, 81grt, Buckie-reg BCK.16. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

BLOEMFONTEIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2042. Built 1903, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.151. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

BLOOM, hired drifter, Adty No 2167. Built 1907, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.933. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

BLOOMFIELD, hired drifter. Built 1906, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.218. In service 12.15?1920 on misc. service. Renamed BUDLEIA 8.18.

BLOSSOM, hired drifter, Adty No 2572. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.922. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

BLOSSOM II, hired drifter, Adty No 2719. Built 1900, 58grt, Dublin-reg D.223. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

BLUEBELL II, hired drifter, Adty No 777. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.363. Armament: 1?.45in MG. In service 1.15?1919 as minesweeper.

BLUEBELL IV, hired drifter, Adty No 1840. Built 1907, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1044. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOADICEA II, hired drifter, Adty No 1507. Built 1902, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.664. In service 6.15?7.15 as net vessel. Renamed BOADICEA III 6.15.

BOB READ, hired drifter, Adty No 1938. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.2. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 11.15?1919 as patrol boat.

BON AMI, hired drifter. Built 1908, 76grt, Inverness-reg INS.609. In service 3.15?1919 as boom defence vessel water carrier.

BON AVENIR, hired drifter, Adty No 1251. Built 1910, 67grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.641. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

BON CHIEF, hired drifter. Built 1908, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.17. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

BON ESPOIR, hired drifter, Adty No 1156, 566. Built 1908, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.109. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BONO, hired drifter, Adty No 1445. Built 1908, 70grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.331. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

BORDER KING, hired drifter, Adty No 2755. Built 1914, 92grt, Berwick-reg BK.72. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BORDER LADS, hired drifter, Adty No 2759. Built 1914, 86grt, Berwick-reg BK.5. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15-3.18 as net vessel. Sunk 25.3.18 off the Tyne, probably torpedoed.

BOUNTEOUS SEA, hired drifter, Adty No 1424. Built 1900, 56grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.164. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BOUNTIFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 1554, 2218. Built 1911, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1151. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY ALAN, hired drifter, Adty No 1110, 2375. Built 1914, 109grt, Lowestoft-reg LT. 331. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BOY ALEX, hired drifter, Adty No 2014. Built 1908, 75grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.286. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BOY ARCHIE, hired drifter. Built 1901, 58grt, Wick-reg WK.10. In service 1.16?1919 as minefield tender.

BOY ARTHUR, hired drifter, Adty No 3214. Built 1907, 90grt, Peterhead-reg PD.1. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

BOY BEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1079. Built 1906, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.212. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

BOY BILLY, hired drifter, Adty No 1472. Built 1904, 70grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.850. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

BOY BOB, hired drifter, Adty No 3288. Built 1916, 101grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.667. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as ELSIE & NELLIE in WW2.

BOY CHARLES, hired drifter, Adty No 1883. Built 1913, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.368. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY CHARLEY, hired drifter, Adty No 211. Built 1907, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1067. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

BOY CHY, hired drifter, Adty No 1040. Built 1908, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.29. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, hydrophone vessel.

BOY DANIEL, hired drifter, Adty No 2128. Built 1912, 83grt, Shoreham-reg SM.325. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY EDDIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1147. Built 1909, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.157. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY EDWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 3242. Built 1909, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.413. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.16?1920 as net vessel.

BOY ERNEST, hired drifter, Adty No 1967. Built 1902, 56grt, North Shields-reg SN.34. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY FRED, hired drifter, Adty No 1464. Built 1900, 58grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.517. In service 4.15?4.15 as net vessel.

BOY GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 2290. Built 1906, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.55. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 1801. Built 1903, 70grt, Peterhead-reg PD.146. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BOY GEORGE II 6.15.

BOY GEORGE III, hired drifter, Adty No 1927. Built 1906, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.441. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

BOY HAROLD, hired drifter, Adty No 2708. Built 1911, 74grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1127. In service 10.15?3.16 as net vessel. Mined 3.3.16 off Brindisi.

BOY HECTOR, hired drifter, Adty No 1248. Built 1903, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.968. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY JACOB, hired drifter, Adty No 2761. Built 1906, 62grt, Berwick-reg BK.326. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY JOE, hired drifter, Adty No 1003. Built 1913, 85grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.550. Armament: 1?6pdr as as minesweeper. In service 12.14?1919 as stores & water carrier.

BOY ROY, hired drifter, Adty No 209. Built 1911, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1167. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

BOY SCOUT, hired drifter, Adty No 210. Built 1913, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.17. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

BOY WILLIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2502. Built 1907, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.486. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BOY WILLIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2746. Built 1904, 66grt, Peterhead-reg PD.87. In service 6.16?1919 as net vessel. Renamed WILLIAM II 7.17, RAMESES 12.17.

BOYNDIE BURN, hired drifter, Adty No 2011. Built 1910, 73grt, Banff-reg BF.231. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

BRACKEN, hired drifter, Adty No 3210. Built 1903, 66grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.827. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

BRACKENDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 3297. Built 1916, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.695. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.16?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BRACODEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2117. Built 1912, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.491. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

BRAE LOSSIE (ex?SEVENTEEN), hired drifter, Adty No 2043. Built 1901, 77grt, Inverness-reg INS.36. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

BRAEHEAD, hired drifter. Built 1914, 85grt, Inverness-reg INS.61. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

BRAES O'BUCKIE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 81grt, Buckie-reg BCK.69. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

BRAES O'ENZIE, hired drifter. Built 1915, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.207. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel repair tender.

BRAMBLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2187. Built 1908, 91grt, Buckie-reg BCK.137. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BRAMBLE II 8.15.

BRANCH, hired drifter, Adty No 606. Built 1908, 93grt, Peterhead-reg PD.516. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BRANDENBURGH, hired drifter, Adty No 2010. Built 1911, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.207. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

BREADWINNER, hired drifter, Adty No 2192. Built 1907, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.253. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BREADWINNER, hired drifter, Adty No 2359. Built 1907, 93grt, Banff-reg BF. 9. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BREADWINNER II 8.15.

BRESSAY, hired drifter, Adty No 762. Built 1908, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.101. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

BRIGHTER HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2808. Built 1909, 53grt, Banff-reg BF.59. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

BRIGHTON, hired drifter, Adty No 2133. Built 1906, 75grt, Inverness-reg INS.194. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed BRIGHTON II 8.15.

BRIGHTON O'TH'NORTH, hired drifter. Built 1914, 98grt, Inverness-reg INS.382. In service 9.18?1920 on misc service.

BRITANNIA II, hired drifter, Adty No 2055. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.357. In service 1.15?1919 as transport.

BRITANNIA IV, hired drifter, Adty No 2184. Built 1902, 63grt, Inverness-reg INS.47. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel.

BRITISH CROWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2115. Built 1913, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.545. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BRITISH MONARCH, hired drifter, Adty No 1437. Built 1902, 57grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.889. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

BRITON, hired drifter, Adty No 2717. Built 1906, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1017. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

BROADLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1070. Built 1913, 76grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.718. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BROCH, hired drifter, Adty No 2120. Built 1908, 90grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.308. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BROCH HEAD, hired drifter, Adty No 2291. Built 1911, 85grt, Inverness-reg INS.254. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 3.15?1920 as net vessel.

BROTHERS, hired drifter, Adty No 1124, 2739. Built 1903, 65grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.216. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

BROTHERS GEM, hired drifter, Adty No 2857. Built 1907, 96grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.241. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

BRUCES, hired drifter. Built 1907, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.753. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

BUCHAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2498. Built 1908, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.254. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

BUCKLER, hired drifter, Adty No F, 1294. Built 1911, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.756. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

BUDDING ROSE, hired drifter. Built 1914, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.39. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

BULRUSH, hired drifter, Adty No 1953. Built 1907, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.972. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as patrol boat.

BURD, hired drifter, Adty No 2166. Built 1904, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.1465. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

BUSY BEE, hired drifter, Adty No 2487. Built 1907, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.205. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

BUSY BEE, hired drifter. Built 1903, 92grt, Peterhead-reg PD.479. In service 12.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

BYDAND, hired drifter, Adty No 162. Built 1917, 90grt, Peterhead-reg PD.352. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.17?1919 as minesweeper.

C. & E. W., hired drifter, Adty No 1889. Built 1911, 81grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.637. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1920 as net vessel.

CAIRNBULG, hired drifter. Built 1907, 104grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.224. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

CAISTER CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 1414. Built 1914, 109grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.42. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

CALCEOLARIA, hired drifter, Adty No 562. Built 1908, 92grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.267. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 2.15?10.18 as net vessel. Mined 27.10.18 off Elbow Light Buoy, Downs.

CALEDONIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2710. Built 1906, 87grt, Inverness-reg INS.174. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CALEDONIA II 9.17.

CALISTOGA, hired drifter, Adty No 2728. Built 1910, 72grt, Londonderry-reg LY.852. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel.

CAMELLIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2854. Built 1907, 85grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.143. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CAMELLIA II 10.15.

CAMPANIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2568. Built 1907, 90grt, Buckie-reg BCK.98. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?3.17 as net vessel. Renamed CAMPANIA II 8.15. Disappeared 5.3.17 in gale off St. Abb's Head.

CAMPANULA, hired drifter, Adty No N, 1300. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.102. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Renamed CAMPANULA II 12.15.

CAMPERDOWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2136. Built 1907, 97grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.150. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

CAPE COLONY, hired drifter, Adty No 2497. Built 1908, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.525. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1.17 as net vessel. Mined 8.1.17 off Harwich.

CAPELLA, hired drifter, Adty No 2723. Built 1892, 111grt, Dundee-reg DE.31. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

CAPETOWN, hired drifter, Adty No 1013. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.76. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed CAPO 9.18.

CAPTAIN FRYATT, hired drifter, Adty No 3073. Built 1917, 87grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.277. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.17?1919 as net vessel.

CARMI III, hired drifter, Adty No 2122. Built 1908, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.300. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as J. T. HENDRY in WW2.

CAROL & DOROTHY, hired drifter, Adty No 2725. Built 1905, 89grt, Inverness-reg INS.120. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CARRIGART, hired drifter, Adty No 2061. Built 1912, 84grt, Londonderry-reg LY.921. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, on misc service.

CAWDOR CASTLE (ex?CAWDOR CASTLE II), hired drifter. Built 1908, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.610. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

CEDAR LEAF, hired drifter. Built 1911, 76grt, Banff-reg BF.253. In service 1.16?1919 on misc service.

CEDRON, hired drifter. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.991. In service 1.16?1919 as tender, examination vessel.

CELANDINE, hired drifter, Adty No 1387. Built 1906, 73grt, Banff-reg BF.316. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CELANDINE II 12.15.

CELOSIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2169. Built 1908, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.1056. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.14?1920 as net vessel.

CELURCA, hired drifter, Adty No 2748. Built 1916, 94grt, Montrose-reg ME.38. In service 6.16?1919 for hydrophone experiments. Served as INVERCAIRN in WW2.

CENWULF, hired drifter. Built 1912, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.49. In service 8.15?5.18 as boom defence vessel. Renamed GREYWOLF 4.18.

CHAMPION II, hired drifter, Adty No 1388. Built 1906, 71grt, Inverness-reg INS.155. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

CHANCE, hired drifter. Built 1908, 92grt, Wick-reg WK.270. In service 12.15?1.16 on fleet duties, Sunk 26.1.16 in collision in the Orkneys.

CHARITY, hired drifter. Built 1901, 102grt, Inverness-reg INS.40. In service 10.15?10.15 as net vessel. Disappeared 24.10.15 between Great Yarmouth, Poole.

CHARITY, hired drifter, Adty No 3103. Built 1903, 65grt, Peterhead-reg PD.474. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.16?1919 as net vessel.

CHARLES HAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2253. Built 1909, 75grt, Inverness-reg INS.470. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CHATTERENO (ex?GIRL KATHLEEN), hired drifter, Adty No 1463. Built 1902, 58grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.737. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel, on misc. service.

CHEERIO LADS, hired drifter, Adty No 3058. Built 1917, 103grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.257. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.17?1919 as minesweeper.

CHESTNUT, hired drifter. Built 1914, 107grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.6. In service 11.18?1920 on misc. service. Served as MAIDA in WW2.

CHILDREN'S HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2088. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.358. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel, minesweeper.

CHILDREN'S TRUST, hired drifter, Adty No 2436. Built 1907, 95grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.200. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

CHOICE LASS, hired drifter, Adty No 3082. Built 1917, 75grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.571. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.18?1919 as control vessel. Served as LORD HOWE in WW2.

CHRIS, hired drifter, Adty No 740. Built 1910, 81grt, North Shields-reg SN.118. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

CHRISOBEL, hired drifter, Adty No 2438. Built 1904, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.26. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CHRISTINA CRAIG, hired drifter, Adty No 2752. Built 1912, 86grt, Berwick-reg BK.271. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

CHRISTINA MAYES, hired drifter, Adty No 2265. Built 1908, 82grt, Methil-reg ML.123. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

CHRYSANTHEMUM, hired drifter, Adty No 2213. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.850. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CHRYSANTHEMUM II 10.17.

CINCERIA, hired drifter. Built 1911, 75grt, Banff-reg BF.32. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

CISSY, hired drifter, Adty No 2028. Built 1901, 60grt, North Shields-reg SN.294. In service 7.15?1919 as water carrier.

CITRON, hired drifter, Adty No 2395. Built 1911, 78grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.439. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

CITY OF BELFAST, hired drifter, Adty No 1329. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.208. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 11.14?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CITY OF BELFAST II 11.15.

CITY OF EDINBURGH, hired drifter, Adty No U, 1306. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.311. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 11.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

CITY OF GLASGOW, hired drifter, Adty No P, 1302. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.204. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

CITY OF HULL, hired drifter, Adty No 1330. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.185. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

CITY OF LIVERPOOL, hired drifter, Adty No O, 1301. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.244. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 11.14?7.18 as patrol boat. Mined 31.7.18 off S. Forel.

CITY OF LONDON, hired drifter, Adty No 1331. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.301. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

CITY OF PERTH, hired drifter, Adty No 1332. Built 1907, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.203. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed EMBLEM 7.19.

CLACH?NA?CUDIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2215. Built 1908, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.152. Armament: 1?57 mm. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

CLANS, hired drifter, Adty No 918. Built 1915, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.191. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

CLARA & ALICE, hired drifter, Adty No 1821. Built 1909, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.456. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 8.15?5.18 as net vessel. Foundered 26.5.18 off Palermo.

CLARA SUTTON, hired drifter, Adty No 3069. Built 1917, 102grt, West Hartlepool-reg HL.88. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.17?1919. Served in WW2.

CLARA WOOD, hired drifter, Adty No 3107. Built 1916, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.284. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.17?1919 as minesweeper. Served as GILT EDGE in WW2.

CLARION, hired drifter, Adty No 2456. Built 1908, 100grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.271. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

CLAVIS, hired drifter, Adty No 2278. Built 1911, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.93. In service 1.15?7.16 as net vessel. Sunk 9.7.16 by Austrian cruiser off Brindisi.

CLOVER, hired drifter, Adty No 4329. Built 1911, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.323. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1921 as stores & water carrier. Renamed NAIRN 1.19, CLOVER 6.19. Purchased 1916, sold 1921.

CLOVER BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 750. Built 1912, 78grt, Aberdeen-reg A.379. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?4.16 as net vessel. Mined 24.4.16 in British minefleld off Zeebrugge.

CLOVER BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 561. Built 1917, 92grt, Aberdeen-reg A.731. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.17?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

CLUNY, hired drifter, Adty No 2476. Built 1908, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.71. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel.

CLUNY HILL, hired drifter, Adty No 2400. Built 1909, 86grt, Inverness-reg INS.9. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel.

CLUPEA, hired drifter, Adty No 2447. Built 1907, 83grt, Inverness-reg INS.310. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, fleet tender.

CLYDE, hired drifter, Adty No 2013. Built 1907, 97grt, Banff-reg BF.866. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed CLYDE II 5.15.

COLEUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2745. Built 1916, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.678. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.16?10.18 as net vessel. Mined 4.10.18 off Dover.

COLONIAL, hired drifter, Adty No 1067. Built 1908, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.71. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as EASTERN DAWN in WW2.

COMELY, hired drifter, Adty No 2387. Built 1907, 95grt, Peterhead-reg PD.539. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

COMELY BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2279. Built 1914, 87grt, Aberdeen-reg A.31. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

COMET STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2138. Built 1906, 60grt, Londonderry-reg LY.44. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

COMMODORE, hired drifter. Built 1903, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.544. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

COMRADES, hired drifter, Adty No 3247. Built 1903, 63grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.990. In service 1.16?10.17 as net vessel. Mined 18.10.17 off Cape Antifer.

CON?AMORE, hired drifter, Adty No 1784. Built 1909, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.45. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

CONCORD, hired drifter, Adty No 439. Built 1903, 65grt, Peterhead-reg PD.507. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.16?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel. Renamed CONNARD 10.17.

CONCORD II, hired drifter, Adty No 2020. Built 1906, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.162. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

CONCORDIA, hired drifter. Built 1913, 91grt, Banff-reg BF.615. In service 1.16?1920 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

CONDOR, hired drifter. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.528. In service 2.16?1919 as tender, examination vessel. Renamed RAWLINSON 8.18.

CONDOR, hired drifter, Adty No 1087. Built 1905, 63grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.338. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CONDOR II 4.15.

CONFIER, hired drifter, Adty No 761. Built 1910, 69grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.658. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

CONIE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.93. In service 6.15?1919 as boom defence vessel water carrier.

CONNAGE (ex?NINE), hired drifter, Adty No 2907. Built 1901, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.197. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CONSOLATION, hired drifter, Adty No 2766. Built 1906, 70grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.596. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

CONSTANCY (ex?COMMERCE), hired drifter, Adty No 2039. Built 1903, 63grt, Banff-reg BF.373. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CONSTANT FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1834. Built 1912, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1172. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, hydrophone vessel. Served in WW2.

CONSTANT HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 1564. Built 1913, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.32. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

CONSTANT STAR, hired drifter. Built 1911, 98grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1158. In service 8.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

CONTRIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 1819. Built 1911, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1123. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, hydrophone vessel. Served in WW2.

CONVALLARIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2394. Built 1910, 77grt, Banff-reg BF.169. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

CORAL BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 752. Built 1914, 85grt, Aberdeen-reg A.48. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

CORAL HAVEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2112. Built 1913, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.566. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 1.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

CORAL HILL, hired drifter, Adty No 1809. Built 1911, 56grt, Inverness-reg INS.230. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

COREOPSIS, hired drifter, Adty No 2363. Built 1911, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.116. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed COREOPSIS II 11.17. Served as OLIVINE in WW2.

CORMORANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2108. Built 1907, 94grt, Banff-reg BF.765. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed CORMORANT III 4.15.

CORN RIG, hired drifter. Built 1911, 97grt, Buckie-reg BCK.83. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

CORNSTALK, hired drifter, Adty No 3106. Built 1916, 73grt, Banff-reg BF.309. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CORONA, hired drifter. Built 1906, 76grt, Banff-reg BF.208. In service 2.15?1919 on misc service.

CORONARIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2023. Built 1911, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.397. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, tender.

CORONATA, hired drifter, Adty No 2809. Built 1912, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.465. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CORONATION, hired drifter. Built 1902, 58grt, Banff-reg BF.66. In service 7.15-1920 as boom defence vessel, aircraft tender.

CORONET, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.125. In service 8.15?7.16 as boom defence vessel.

CORYPHAENA, hired drifter. Built 1903, 92grt, Inverness-reg INS.558. In service 1.16?1920 as hospital carrier.

COSMOS, hired drifter, Adty No 1435. Built 1914, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.477. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

COULARD BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 1385. Built 1910, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.144. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

COULARD HILL, hired drifter, Adty No 2445. Built 1908, 86grt, Inverness-reg INS.551. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

COUNTY OF INVERNESS, hired drifter. Built 1913, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.355. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

COUNTY OF NAIRN, hired drifter, Adty No 2446. Built 1907, 81grt, Inverness-reg INS.461. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

COURAGE, hired drifter, Adty No 2105. Built 1912, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.449. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

COURONNE, hired drifter, Adty No 767. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.21. In service 1.15?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone tender.

COVENT GARDEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1029. Built 1912, 84grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.851. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

COVESEA, hired drifter. Built 1909, 94grt, Inverness-reg INS.21. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

CRAIG?ALVAH, hired drifter. Built 1909, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.45. In service 12.14?1920 as stores & water carrier. Served in WW2.

CRAIG?BO, hired drifter, Adty No 2496. Built 1909, 94grt, Buckie-reg BCK.50. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

CRAIGHAUGH, hired drifter, Adty No 2137. Built 1914, 89grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.95. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CRAIGHEAD, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.549. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

CRAIGMIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2417. Built 1909, 74grt, Buckie-reg BCK.47. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

CRAIGMOUNT, hired drifter, Adty No 2493. Built 1914, 80grt, Inverness-reg INS.57. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

CRAIGNEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2270. Built 1914, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.93. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

CRAIGNOON, hired drifter, Adty No 2271. Built 1908, 77grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.279. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 2.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

CRESCENT, hired drifter, Adty No 1855. Built 1902, 63grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.147. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

CROMORNA, hired drifter, Adty No 2459. Built 1910, 85grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.73. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as LEMNOS in WW2.

CUDWEED, hired drifter, Adty No 2056. Built 1911, 68grt, Inverness-reg INS.229. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as transport.

CULLYKHAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2810. Built 1910, 75grt, Banff-reg BF.122. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

CYCLAMEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1848. Built 1911, 94grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1136. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed CYCLAMEN II 12.15.

D. H. S., hired drifter, Adty No 1923. Built 1915, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.469. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as DEWY ROSE in WW2.

DAFFODIL, hired drifter. Built 1904, 74grt, Banff-reg BF.1463. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

DAFFODIL, hired drifter, Adty No 2397. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.362. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed DAFFODIL II 10.15. Served as CLARICE in WW2.

DAILY BREAD, hired drifter, Adty No 1849. Built 1901, 56grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.269. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1920 as net vessel.

DAIRLIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2297. Built 1910, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.124. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 2391. Built 1908, 100grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.270. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.14?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed DAISY II 2.15. Served in WW2.

DAISY III, hired drifter, Adty No 2057. Built 1900, 54grt, Peterhead-reg PD.334. In service 2.15?1920 as patrol boat, water carrier.

DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 2463. Built 1907, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.1016. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed DAISY IV 4.15.

DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 2130. Built 1904, 77grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.105. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed DAISY V 5.15.

DAISY VI, hired drifter, Adty No 2905. Built 1906, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.306. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DAISY BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2569. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.393. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

DAISY ROCK, hired drifter. Built 1911, 76grt, Inverness-reg INS.212. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel repair vessel.

DAISY WOOD, hired drifter, Adty No 915. Built 1911, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.332. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DAN O'CONNELL, hired drifter, Adty No 3105. Built 1911, 52grt, Peterhead-reg PD.260. In service 2.17?1919 as net vessel.

DARDA, hired drifter. Built 1911, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.99. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

DASHING SPRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1083. Built 1911, 69grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.713. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, pilot service.

DATUM, hired drifter, Adty No 1001. Built 1910, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.503. In service 1.15?10.16 as net vessel. Sunk 27.10.16 by destroyers in the Dover Straits.

DAVID B. SUMMERS, hired drifter, Adty No 3157. Built 1911, 61grt, Peterhead-reg PD.20. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

DAVID FLETT, hired drifter. Built 1912, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.112. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

DELIVERER, hired drifter, Adty No 2561. Built 1910, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.151. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?11.17 as net vessel. Disappeared 3.11.17 outside Dublin Bay, presumed sunk by U-boat.

DENFORD (ex?FOURTEEN), hired drifter. Built 1901, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.191. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel collier.

DENNYDUFF, hired drifter. Built 1912, 80grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.496. In service 1.15?1919 as stores & water carrier, hospital vessel.

DESIRE, hired drifter, Adty No 1398. Built 1908, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.27. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as ROSA in WW2.

DEVERONSIDE, hired drifter, Adty No 2106. Built 1914, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.82. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DEVON COUNTY (ex?SCADAUN), hired drifter, Adty No 1066. Built 1910, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.526. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

DEVOTION, hired drifter. Built 1910, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.127. In service 1.16?1919 as tender. Served in WW2.

DEWEY, hired drifter, Adty No K, 1297. Built 1908, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.59. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 11.14?8.17 as patrol boat. Sunk 12.8.17 in collision off the ROYAL SOVEREIGN LV.

DEXTERITY, hired drifter, Adty No 3213. Built 1908, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.1117. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

DIADEM II, hired drifter, Adty No 1905. Built 1904, 75grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.377. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel.

DICK WHITTINGTON, hired drifter, Adty No 213. Built 1913, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.61. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

DILIGENCE, hired drifter, Adty No 2806. Built 1905, 85grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.164. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed DILIGENCE II 9.15.

DILIGENT (ex?THIRTY SEVEN), hired drifter. Built 1902, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.1138. In service 1.16?1920 as tender. Renamed DIGIT 6.18. Served in WW2.

DIRECT ME, hired drifter, Adty No 598. Built 1912, 71grt, Peterhead-reg PD.50. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919.

DIXON, hired drifter, Adty No 2968. Built 1916, 104grt, Scarborough-reg SH.242. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.16?1919 as net vessel.

DO WELL, hired drifter, Adty No 2372. Built 1911, 71grt, Inverness-reg INS.214. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as ELOQUENT in WW2.

DOCILE III, hired drifter. Built 1910, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.70. In service 1.16?1920 on misc. service.

DOLLAR PRINCESS, hired drifter, Adty No 1896. Built 1911, 74grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.746. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

DORIS II, hired drifter, Adty No 1078. Built 1902, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.890. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

DORIS MAUD, hired drifter, Adty No 2715. Built 1914, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.702. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

DOROTHY F., hired drifter, Adty No 1959. Built 1915, 107grt, Yarmouth-reg YH. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel. Renamed KINGFISHER 2.19.

DOROTHY ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1822. Built 1910, 74grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.692. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, hydrophone vessel.

DOVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2480, 2573. Built 1907, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.871. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed DOVE III 4.15.

DRAKE III, hired drifter, Adty No 1921. Built 1907, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1068. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DREEL CASTLE (ex?TERFRID), hired drifter, Adty No 2251, 2553. Built 1908, 97grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.71. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed MARA SMITH 2.18. Served as DREEL CASTLE in WW2.

DRIFT FISHER, hired drifter, Adty No 3271. Built 1916, 96grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.45. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.16?1919 as patrol boat.

DULCIE DORIS, hired drifter, Adty No 1926. Built 1913, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.277. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

DUNEDIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2495. Built 1910, 78grt, Banff-reg BF.175. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

DUSTY MILLER, hired drifter, Adty No 1829. Built 1911, 73grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1139. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

DUTHIES, hired drifter, Adty No 2378. Built 1914, 89grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.106. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

DUTIFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 778. Built 1907, 98grt, Peterhead-reg PD.322. Armament: 1?.45in MG. In service 11.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

E. A. B., hired drifter, Adty No 1027. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.137. Armament: 1?2pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

E. B. C., hired drifter, Adty No 1120. Built 1909, 60grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.309. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as ROLETTA in WW2.

E. E. S., hired drifter, Adty No 1028. Built 1911, 91grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.740. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

E. J. M., hired drifter, Adty No 2462. Built 1910, 72grt, Peterhead-reg PD.97. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

E. W. B., hired drifter, Adty No 1872. Built 1911, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1124. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

EADWINE, hired drifter, Adty No 743. Built 1914, 96grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.228. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

EAGER, hired drifter, Adty No 202. Built 1912, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1166. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 8.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

EARLY MORN, hired drifter, Adty No 1428. Built 1901, 58grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.372. In service 4.15?7.16 as net vessel.

EARN, hired drifter. Built 1903, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.1402. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

EAST ANGLIA, hired drifter, Adty No 1017. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.328. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

EAST BRITON, hired drifter, Adty No 1483, 2217. Built 1915, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.447. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

EAST HOLME, hired drifter, Adty No 1002. Built 1912, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1169. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

EASTER MORN, hired drifter. Built 1907, 81grt, Buckie-reg BCK.2. In service 1.16?1920 as minefields tender.

EASTERN DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 775. Built 1909, 91grt, Aberdeen-reg A.278. Armament: 1?.45in MG. In service 11.14-1919 as minesweeper.

EBENEZER, hired drifter, Adty No 2294. Built 1906, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.355. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as HALL MARK in WW2.

ECONOMY, hired drifter, Adty No 2471. Built 1906, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.173. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

EDITH, hired drifter, Adty No 3104. Built 1901, 67grt, Peterhead-reg PD.99. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 11.15-1919 as net vessel.

EFFORT, hired drifter, Adty No 1104. Built 1907, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1043. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, on pilot service. Renamed LAVATERA 1.19.

EGBERT, hired drifter, Adty No 794. Built 1910, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.481. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper.

EGLANTINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2492. Built 1907, 95grt, Banff-reg BF.860. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed GULLWING 9.17.

EGLISE, hired drifter, Adty No 2566. Built 1914, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.180. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

EILEEN EMMA, hired drifter, Adty No 1846. Built 1914, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.342. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

ELEGANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2453. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.303. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ELEVEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1451. Built 1901, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.558. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

ELGAR (ex?VIVID), hired drifter, Adty No 2389. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.386. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ELIBANK, hired drifter. Built 1915, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.210. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel water carrier.

ELLA, hired drifter. Built 1903, 92grt, Peterhead-reg PD.470. In service 2.16?1919 as boom defence vessel.

ELLA, hired drifter. Built 1901, 92grt, Wick-reg WK.709. In service 11.15?1919 on base duties. Renamed GUINEVERE 8.18.

ELLEN & IRENE, hired drifter, Adty No 1034. Built 1914, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.272. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ELYSIAN DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2058. Built 1909, 91grt, Aberdeen-reg A.277. In service 11.14?1920 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

EMBRACE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Inverness-reg INS.402. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

EMBLEM, hired drifter, Adty No 2472. Built 1907, 85grt, Inverness-reg INS.433. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed CITY OF PERTH 6.19.

EMILY, hired drifter, Adty No 1417, 2742. Built 1903, 63grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.963. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, on experimental duties.

EMILY REAICH, hired drifter, Adty No 2190. Built 1904, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.85. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel, gunnery tender.

EMINENT, hired drifter, Adty No 2357. Built 1910, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.111. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

EMPIRE'S HEROES, hired drifter, Adty No 2954. Built 1916, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.703. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.16?1919 as net vessel.

EMULATE, hired drifter, Adty No 1475. Built 1908, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.349. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

EMULATOR, hired drifter. Built 1904, 66grt, Scarborough-reg SH.164. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel, tender.

EN AVANT, hired drifter, Adty No 914. Built 1914, 90grt, Buckie-reg BCK.190. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ENDEAVOUR, hired drifter, Adty No 2701. Built 1907, 89grt, Peterhead-reg PD.356. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ENDEAVOUR II 8.15.

ENDURANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 2706. Built 1907, 94grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.69. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

ENERGY, hired drifter, Adty No 2189. Built 1906, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.324. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel.

ENTERPRISE, hired drifter, Adty No 613. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.368. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ENTERTAIN 7.18.

ENTERPRISE, hired drifter, Adty No 1063. Built 1906, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.408. In service 1.15?3.16 as net vessel. Renamed ENTERPRISE II 5.15. Mined 8.3.16 off Brindisi.

ENTERPRISING, hired drifter. Built 1914, 98grt, Buckie-reg BCK.187. In service 6.18?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

ENZIE, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Buckie-reg BCK.31. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

ERA, hired drifter, Adty No 2194. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.360. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel, tender. Renamed ERA II 7.15.

ERASTUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2474. Built 1908, 100grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.272. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

ERIN, hired drifter, Adty No 1051. Built 1907, 81grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.313. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ERIN III 5.15.

ESKBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 747. Built 1914, 90grt, Whitby-reg WY.18. In service 1.15?11.16 as net vessel. Sunk 30.11.16 in collision off Dover.

ESLEA, hired drifter, Adty No 2307. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.46. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel.

ETHNEE, hired drifter, Adty No 754. Built 1913, 86grt, North Shields-reg SN.227. In service 1.15?1.18 as net vessel. Wrecked 15.1.18 on Goodwin Sands near Fork Light.

EUNICE & NELLIE, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Buckie-reg BCK.21. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served as INTER NOS in WW2.

EVA, hired drifter, Adty No 1253. Built 1893, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.109. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

EVENING PRIMROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1915. Built 1911, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1117. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 11.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

EVENING STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2131. Built 1907, 89grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.189. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed EVENING STAR II 5.15.

EVERARD, hired drifter, Adty No 2460. Built 1907, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.30. In service 2.15?1.16 as net vessel. Sunk 15.1.16 in collision off Tuskar Rock.

EX FORTIS, hired drifter, Adty No 1134. Built 1914, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.350. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

EXCEL, hired drifter, Adty No 2300. Built 1906, 77grt, Banff-reg BF.344. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

EXCEL, hired drifter. Built 1907, 103grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.235. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

EXCEL III, hired drifter, Adty No 2767. Built 1907, 86grt, Berwick-reg BK.260. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

EXCELLENT, hired drifter, Adty No 3208. Built 1904, 60grt, Buckie-reg BCK.95. Armament: 1?2.5pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed EXCELLENCY 8.15.

EXCELSIOR, hired drifter, Adty No 2182. Built 1907, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.683. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel.

EXCHEQUER, hired drifter. Built 1914, 86grt, Buckie-reg BCK.182. In service 1.16?1920 as tender. Served in WW2.

EXPECTANT, hired drifter, Adty No 1899. Built 1913, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.9. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

EXPECTATION, hired drifter, Adty No 2556. Built 1910, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.127. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

EXPERT, hired drifter, Adty No 612. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.138. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as net vessel.

EXPLORATOR, hired drifter, Adty No 2404. Built 1909, 79grt, Methil-reg ML.12. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

EXUBERANT (ex? THIRTY ONE), hired drifter, Adty No 2164. Built 1902, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.148. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

EYRIE, hired drifter, Adty No 214. Built 1911, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1121. In service 9.14?9.14 as minesweeper. Mined 2.9.14 off the Outer Dowsing.

F. & G. G., hired drifter, Adty No 1558, 2202. Built 1914, 85grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.87. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as GEORDIE in WW2.

F. H. S., hired drifter, Adty No 1155, 569. Built 1908, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.809. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

FAIR ISLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2046. Built 1908, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.268. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15-1919 as net vessel.

FAIRY HILL (ex?ONE), hired drifter. Built 1900, 84grt, Wick-reg WK.757. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

FAITHFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 786. Built 1903, 92grt, Peterhead-reg PD.477. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

FAITHFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 3102. Built 1907, 86grt, Berwick-reg BK.426. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 10.16?1919 as net vessel. Renamed FAITHFUL II 3.17.

FAITHFUL FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1901. Built 1913, 110grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.33. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

FAITHLIE, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.985. In service 1.16?1919 as tender.

FAME, hired drifter. Built 1901, 68grt, Whitby-reg WY.71. In service 10.16?10.16 as net vessel. Wrecked 22.10.16 on Hook Sand, Poole.

FAMILIAR FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1831. Built 1911, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1144. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

FANCY, hired drifter, Adty No 1478. Built 1906, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.366. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

FANNY MAIR, hired drifter, Adty No 2439. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.388. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as CRANNOCK in WW2.

FAVO, hired drifter, Adty No 2195. Built 1901, 77grt, Banff-reg BF.477. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

FAVOUR, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.530. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel & accommodation vessel. Served in WW2.

FAVOURITE, hired drifter, Adty No 2505. Built 1907, 95grt, Londonderry-reg LY.32. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

FEAR NOT, hired drifter, Adty No 1460. Built 1902, 60grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.497. In service 4.15?11.15 as net vessel.

FEAR NOT, hired drifter, Adty No 2415. Built 1908, 101grt, Buckie-reg BCK.9. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed FEAR NOT II 5.15. Served in WW2.

FEARLESS, hired drifter, Adty No 760. Built 1907, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1081. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed FEARLESS II 2.15.

FEASIBLE, hired drifter, Adty No 221. Built 1912, 103grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1191. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel. Served in WW2.

FELICIA, hired drifter, Adty No 1084. Built 1907, 90grt, Lerwick-reg LK.1. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, on misc. service.

FELICITAS, hired drifter, Adty No 1399. Built 1910, 67grt, Buckie-reg BCK.75. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 4.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

FENNEW, hired drifter, Adty No 1167. Built 1911, 85grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.94. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as YOUNG ALFRED in WW2.

FERN, hired drifter, Adty No 1459. Built 1902, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.763. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel, on misc. service.

FERN II, hired drifter, Adty No 1310. Built 1907, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.679. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1920 as patrol boat.

FERNDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 2269. Built 1910, 75grt, Inverness-reg INS.171. In service 2.15?12.15 as net vessel. Wrecked 27.12,15 on St. Ann's Head.

FERTILE, hired drifter, Adty No 2507. Built 1907, 98grt, Londonderry-reg LY.37. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

FERTILITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2303. Built 1907, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.584. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

FIDELIA, hired drifter. Built 1903, 74grt, Wick-reg WK.563. In service 1.16?1919 as collier & tender.

FINROSS, hired drifter, Adty No 2726. Built 1911, 78grt, Londonderry-reg LY.872. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?11.16 as net vessel. Wrecked 26.11.16 near Gallipoli.

FISHER BOY, hired drifter, Adty No 1452. Built 1914, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.334. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

FISHER GIRL, hired drifter, Adty No 2713. Built 1914, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.77. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

FISHER QUEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 3299. Built 1916, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.679. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

FITFUL HEAD (ex?OCEAN SPRAY), hired drifter. Built 1907, 62grt, Lerwick-reg LK.174. In service 1.16?1919 as stores & water carrier.

FIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 1050. Built 1910, 84grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.510. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Served as REGINA STELLA in WW2.

FLEETWING, hired drifter, Adty No 2293. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.645. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?12.18 as net vessel.

FLO JOHNSON, hired drifter, Adty No 3052. Built 1917, 117grt, Scarborough-reg SH.325. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 7.17?1919 as minesweeper. Served as ABIDING STAR in WW2.

FLOANDI, hired drifter, Adty No 748. Built 1914, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.973. Armament: 1?12pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

FLORA, hired drifter. Built 1901, 92grt, Wick-reg WK.719. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel tender.

FLOREAT, hired drifter, Adty No 2204. Built 1908, 93grt, Buckie-reg BCK.25. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

FLOURISH, hired drifter, Adty No 2140. Built 1903, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.1417. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

FLOWER, hired drifter, Adty No 2412. Built 1907, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.4. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

FLOWER O'MAY, hired drifter. Built 1911, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.376. In service 8.15?1919 as hospital vessel.

FLOWER O'MORAY, hired drifter. Built 1908, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.584. In service 9.17?1919 as examination vessel.

FLOWING TIDE, hired drifter. Built 1913, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.640. In service 1.16?1919 as Chaplain's tender.

FORELOCK, hired drifter. Built 1910, 89grt, Buckie-reg BCK.60. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

FORERUNNER, hired drifter, Adty No 1892. Built 1911, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1160. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

FORESIGHT, hired drifter, Adty No 1061. Built 1911, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.763. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 1.15?9.18 as net vessel. Renamed FORESIGHT II 2.15. Served in WW2.

FORETHOUGHT, hired drifter, Adty No 2063. Built 1913, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.536. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel.

FORGLEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2457. Built 1909, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.81. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

FORMIDABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 3074. Built 1917, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.100. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.17?1919. Served as FIDGET in WW2.

FORTITUDE, hired drifter, Adty No 3151. Built 1903, 86grt, Inverness-reg INS.546. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

FORWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 2298. Built 1907, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.624. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?3.17 as net vessel. Renamed FORWARD III 5.15. Mined 31.3.17 off the Shipwash.

FORWARD IV, hired drifter, Adty No 2139. Built 1905, 74grt, Banff-reg BF.608. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

FOUR, hired drifter, Adty No 1053. Built 1907, 91grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.212. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

FRAGRANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 2558. Built 1910, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.149. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

FRAGRANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2621. Built 1910, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.513. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

FRANK ARNOLD, hired drifter, Adty No 3111. Built 1917, 82grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.503. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.17?1919 as minesweeper.

FRASERBURGH, hired drifter, Adty No 1154, 982. Built 1907, 83grt, Hull-reg H.950. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

FRED SALMON, hired drifter, Adty No 1888. Built 1912, 102grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.665. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as STRIVE in WW2.

FREEDOM, hired drifter, Adty No 2859. Built 1907, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.619. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

FREUCHNY, hired drifter, Adty No 2506. Built 1908, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.29. In service 4.15?1.16 as net vessel. Mined 8.1.16 off Brindisi.

FRIENDLY GIRLS, hired drifter, Adty No 2094. Built 1913, 90grt, Lerwick-reg LK.401. In service 5.15?1919 as minesweeper, water carrier. Served in WW2.

FRIENDLY STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 1121. Built 1909, 58grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.370. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

FRIENDS, hired drifter, Adty No 1562. Built 1906, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.552. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

FRIGATE BIRD, hired drifter, Adty No 2276. Built 1905, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.68. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 2.15?3.18 as net vessel. Sunk 11.3.18 in collision off Mars Scirocco, Mediterranean.

FRONS OLIVAE, hired drifter, Adty No Q. Built 1912, 98grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.217. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?10.15 as patrol boat. Mined 12.10.15 off Elbow Buoy.

FRONS OLIVAE, hired drifter, Adty No 3285. Built 1916, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.217. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 6.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

FRUITFUL, hired drifter. Built 1904, 89grt, Buckie-reg BCK.194. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

FURZE, hired drifter, Adty No 242. Built 1911, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.723. Armament: 1?2.5pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

G. A. W., hired drifter, Adty No 3290. Built 1916, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.627. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as GEORGE ALBERT in WW2.

G. C. D., (ex?THIRTEEN), hired drifter, Adty No 2144. Built 1901, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.189. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

G. E. S., hired drifter. Built 1909, 60grt, North Shields-reg SN.201. In service 9.18-1920.

G. M. B., hired drifter. Built 1909, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.50. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

G. M. H., hired drifter, Adty No 1093. Built 1911, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.987. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

G. M. V., hired drifter, Adty No 1109. Built 1907, 94grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1062. In service 2.15?3.15 as net vessel. Mined 13.3.15 off Larne.

G. S. L., hired drifter, Adty No 2158. Built 1912, 85grt, Buckie-reg BCK.110. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

G. S. P., hired drifter, Adty No 2989. Built 1916, 100grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.487. In service 12.16?2.17 as net vessel. Sunk 2.2.17 in collision off Owers LV.

GALILEAN, hired drifter, Adty No 563. Built 1911, 72grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.68. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GAMRIE BAY, hired drifter. Built 1914, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.115. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GARRIGILL, hired drifter, Adty No 1924. Built 1914, 99grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.395. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel.

GAVENEYBRAE, hired drifter, Adty No 1808. Built 1910, 54grt, Banff-reg BF.144. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

GAVENWOOD, hired drifter, Adty No 2104. Built 1914, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.92. In service 1.15?2.16 as net vessel. Mined 20.2.16 off Brindisi.

GELLYBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 2483. Built 1908, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.1136. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, hydrophone vessel. Served in WW2.

GENERAL WHITE, hired drifter, Adty No 1421. Built 1900, 72grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.151. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

GEORGE V, hired drifter, Adty No 1088. Built 1910, 67grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.701. In service 4.15?6.17 as net vessel. Sunk 3.6.17 after EC mine explosion near Dover.

GEORGE A. WEST, hired drifter, Adty No 2489. Built 1913, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.544. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

GEORGE HAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2362. Built 1912, 83grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.511. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GEORGE WALKER, hired drifter, Adty No 2416. Built 1911, 65grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.415. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL ANNIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1082. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.700. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL EILEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 795. Built 1910, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.579. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper.

GIRL ENA, hired drifter, Adty No 1832. Built 1907, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.3. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GIRL ETHEL, hired drifter, Adty No 216. Built 1914, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.283. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

GIRL EVA, hired drifter, Adty No 1559, 2201. Built 1913, 76grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.346. In service 7.15?10.16 as net vessel. Mined 2.10.16 off Elbow Light Buoy.

GIRL EVELYN, hired drifter. Built 1911, 85grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.519. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GIRL GLADYS, hired drifter, Adty No 3075. Built 1917, 110grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1174. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.17?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GIRL GRACIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1869. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.276. In service 9.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic Sea.

GIRL HILDA, hired drifter, Adty No 1833. Built 1907, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1040. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL KATHLEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2974. Built 1913, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.295. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.16?1919 as net vessel. Served as UNITED BOYS in WW2.

GIRL LILY (ex?OCEAN REWARD), hired drifter. Built 1911, 85grt, Buckie-reg BCK.115. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

GIRL MARGARET, hired drifter, Adty No 1567. Built 1914, 99grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.420. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GIRL MARJORIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1081. Built 1912, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.866. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GIRL MAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2906. Built 1907, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.473. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL NANCY, hired drifter, Adty No 1126. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.167. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GIRL NORAH, hired drifter, Adty No 1856. Built 1911, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1137. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL RHODA, hired drifter, Adty No 2563. Built 1908, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.367. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

GIRL ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 2714. Built 1911, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.786. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic Sea.

GIRL WINIFRED, hired drifter, Adty No 1022. Built 1912, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.997. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

GLADYS, hired drifter. Built 1906, 75grt, Inverness-reg INS.368. In service 8.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GLADYS & ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 3156. Built 1908, 72grt, Buckie-reg BCK.192. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLADYS MAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1060. Built 1907, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1083. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLEAM OF HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2282. Built 1911, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.370. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLEANER OF THE SEA, hired drifter, Adty No 1009. Built 1912, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1170. In service 1.15?10.16 as net vessel. Sunk 27.10.16 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

GLEN CORRAN, hired drifter, Adty No 781. Built 1908, 86grt, Inverness-reg INS.580. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1920 as minesweeper.

GLEN HEATHER, hired drifter, Adty No 1866. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.62. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GLENAFTON, hired drifter, Adty No 1397. Built 1906, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.416. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLENALBYN, hired drifter. Built 1909, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.53. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.17?1919 as examination vessel. Served in WW2.

GLENERNE, hired drifter. Built 1909, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.27. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

GLENGARRY, hired drifter, Adty No 2727. Built 1900, 64grt, Aberdeen-reg A.207. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

GLENGYNACK, hired drifter, Adty No 2461. Built 1907, 96grt, Inverness-reg INS.401. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLENOGIL, hired drifter, Adty No 103. Built 1894, 95grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.493. In service 8.14?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone tender.

GLENTILT, hired drifter. Built 1900, 61grt, Granton-reg GN.45. In service 5.15?1919 as store carrier & transport. Renamed GLENEALY 6.18.

GLENURQUHART, hired drifter, Adty No 2383. Built 1908, 76grt, Inverness-reg INS.553. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GOLDEN CHANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 1096. Built 1914, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.371. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2369. Built 1913, 79grt, Aberdeen-reg A.559. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN EFFORT, hired drifter, Adty No 2912. Built 1914, 86grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.408. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1921 as net vessel, minesweeper. Purchased 1915, sold 1921. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN FEATHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2455. Built 1913, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.614. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN GAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 1000. Built 1911, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1135. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN GIFT, hired drifter, Adty No 1059. Built 1910, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.706. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN GRAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 3084. Built 1918, 94grt, Buckie-reg BCK. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.18?1919 as patrol boat. Served as DARNAWAY in WW2.

GOLDEN HARP, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Inverness-reg INS.404. In service 1.16?1919 as hospital carrier. Served as ACQUIRE in WW2.

GOLDEN HARVEST, hired drifter, Adty No 1117. Built 1914, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1011. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN NEWS, hired drifter, Adty No 1108. Built 1914, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.373. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN RAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2571. Built 1914, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.54. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GOLDEN RING, hired drifter, Adty No 1870. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.593. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN RULE, hired drifter, Adty No 1119. Built 1905, 65grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.500. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN SHEAF, hired drifter, Adty No 2749. Built 1916, 95grt, Buckie-reg BCK.223. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.16?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

GOLDEN SPRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2095. Built 1909, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.97. In service 2.16?1919 on misc. service.

GOLDEN SPUR, hired drifter, Adty No 1429. Built 1908, 57grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.234. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GOLDEN STRAND, hired drifter, Adty No 2288. Built 1911, 69grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.107. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOLDEN SUNRAY (ex?MAGGIE LEASK), hired drifter. Built 1906, 94grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.188. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GOLDEN SUNSET, hired drifter, Adty No 1914. Built 1913, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1194. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1.18 as net vessel. Sunk 4.1.18 in collision off Shambles LV.

GOLDEN WEST, hired drifter, Adty No 2361. Built 1914, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.63. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, on misc. service. Served in WW2.

GOOD DESIGN II, hired drifter, Adty No 2103. Built 1910, 79grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.85. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOOD FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 2211. Built 1908, 88grt, Arbroath-reg AH.39. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOOD HOPE II, hired drifter, Adty No 1461. Built 1902, 63grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.736. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

GOOD HOPE III, hired drifter, Adty No 2902. Built 1907, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.622. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOOD HOPE IV, hired drifter, Adty No 1309. Built 1905, 63grt, Banff-reg BF.516. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?8.18 as patrol boat.

GOOD TIDINGS, hired drifter, Adty No 2034. Built 1907, 98grt, Peterhead-reg PD.182. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

GORSE, hired drifter, Adty No 240. Built 1911, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.724. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

GOWAN, hired drifter. Built 1907, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.232. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GOWAN, hired drifter, Adty No 1807. Built 1906, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.347. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed GOWAN II 6.15.

GOWAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2427. Built 1907, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.3. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed GOWAN III 6.15. Served in WW2.

GOWAN BRAE, hired drifter, Adty No 3207. Built 1906, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.181. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GOWAN CRAIG, hired drifter, Adty No 2142. Built 1915, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.97. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

GOWANBANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2141. Built 1910, 78grt, Banff-reg BF.193. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

GOWANLEA, hired drifter, Adty No 2102. Built 1914, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.105. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

GRACE LILIAN, hired drifter, Adty No 1115. Built 1903, 69grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.967. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

GRACIE, hired drifter, Adty No 3212. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.973. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?2.17 as net vessel. Sunk 10.2.17 in collision off Tongue LV.

GRATEFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 2399. Built 1907, 107grt, Inverness-reg INS.322. In service 2.15?3.16 as net vessel. Wrecked 25.3.16 off Torr Head, salved. Served as CLOVERDALE in WW2.

GRATITUDE, hired drifter, Adty No 1420. Built 1902, 60grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.177. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

GREAT HEART, hired drifter, Adty No 1395. Built 1911, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.233. In service 6.15?9.15 as net vessel. Sunk 24.9.15 off Dover, probably by own mine.

GREEN PASTURES, hired drifter, Adty No 3108. Built 1917, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.237. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.17?1919 as minesweeper. Served as GERVAIS RENTOUL in WW2.

GREY DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2384. Built 1913, 84grt, Aberdeen-reg A.579. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as SUNNY VALE in WW2.

GUERDON, hired drifter, Adty No 2287. Built 1908, 89grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.283. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

GUIDE ME, hired drifter, Adty No 1423. Built 1905, 60grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.630. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

GUIDE ME, hired drifter. Built 1903, 77grt, Banff-reg BF.1410. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

GUIDE ME II, hired drifter, Adty No 2567. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.144. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?8.18 as net vessel. Sunk 29.8.18 in collision off the Muglins.

GUIDE ME III, hired drifter, Adty No 2764. Built 1907, 87grt, Berwick-reg BK.247. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

GUIDE ME IV, hired drifter, Adty No 1805. Built 1901, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.251. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

GUIDE ON, hired drifter, Adty No 3114. Built 1917, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.451. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.18?1919 as cable repair vessel. Served in WW2.

GUIDING STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2030. Built 1906, 93grt, Peterhead-reg PD.132. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

GWEEDORE, hired drifter. Built 1913, 82grt, Londonderry-reg LY.937. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel, water carrier.

H. F. E., hired drifter, Adty No 1479. Built 1909, 58grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.485. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

HALF MOON, hired drifter, Adty No 758. Built 1911, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.729. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

HANDSOME, hired drifter, Adty No 2214. Built 1907, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.1. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

HANDY, hired drifter, Adty No 1691. Built 1903, 67grt, Buckie-reg BCK.161. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.15-1919 as boom defence vessel. Renamed DANDY 4.18.

HAPPY DAYS, hired drifter, Adty No 1813. Built 1914, 101grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.185. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as DORIENTA in WW2.

HARRY, hired drifter, Adty No 2730. Built 1901, 60grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.527. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.15-1919 as net vessel.

HARRY & LEONARD, hired drifter, Adty No 3072. Built 1917, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.711. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.18-1919.

HARVEST HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2009. Built 1911, 91grt, Buckie-reg BCK.90. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

HARVEST MOON (ex-JOE MUDD), hired drifter, Adty No 1458. Built 1904,