Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4122
Official Number: 137609
Yard Number: 563
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.563) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PHOSPHOROUS (Ad.No.4122).
21.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
4.1919: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd , Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager) for £6590.
17.4.1919: Renamed OCEAN SPRITE (YH56).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager. (Fished from Yarmouth mainly as a trawler).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
21.11.1935: Connected to TESSIE (YH769) disabled with lost rudder and delivered Yarmouth.
1936: Home fishing made £1200 but skipper (George Balls) sacked due to heavy weather damage at time of loss of motor drifter OLIVE BRANCH (PD77).
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1946: Returned to owner.
6.1946: Sold to Drifters (Peterhead) Ltd, Peterhead (Robert Foreman, manager).
1.7.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.
8.7.1946: Registered at Peterhead (PD94).
1952: Sold to Peter & George Buchan, Peterhead & Others.
1954: Used as a ‘barking vessel’ at Fraserburgh.
1960: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Sprite YH56
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Sprite PD94
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection(TPF)

Changelog
15/05/2010: Page published. 4 revisions since then
23/08/2014: Picture 2 added.
19/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.