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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, 72grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.853. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

HARVESTER, hired drifter, Adty No 2751. Built 1914, 95grt, Berwick-reg BK.355. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed HARVESTER II 11.17.

HASTFEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1054. Built 1911, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.93. Armament: 1-2.5pdr. In service 1.15-9.17 as net vessel. Mined 24.9.17 off the Longsands.

HASTINGS CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 1037. Built 1912, 73grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1188. Armament: 1-57mm. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

HAWTHORN, hired drifter, Adty No 2145. Built 1907, 93grt, Banff-reg BF. 923. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

HAWTHORN BUD, hired drifter. Built 1914, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.80. In service 9.15-1919 as boom defence vessel.

HAZAEL, hired drifter, Adty No 2087. Built 1908, 85grt, Buckie-reg BCK.29. In service 7.15-1919 on misc. service.

HAZEL BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 72. Built 1908, 77grt, Leith-reg LH.13. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

HEARTY, hired drifter, Adty No 1007. Built 1907, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1061. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed HEARTY II 4.15.

HEARTY, hired drifter, Adty No 2504. Built 1903, 67grt, Banff-reg BF.1090. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed CHEERY 5.15.

HEATH BANK, hired drifter. Built 1908, 75grt, Buckie-reg BCK.176. In service 1.16-1919 on misc. service.

HEATHER, hired drifter, Adty No 3080. Built 1917, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.657. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.18-1919.

HEATHER BLOOM, hired drifter, Adty No 1930. Built 1911, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1122. In service 10.15-1920 as net vessel.

HEATHER SPRIG, hired drifter, Adty No 1316. Built 1913, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.153. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.17-1920. Served in WW2.

HEATHERBELL, hired drifter, Adty No 2396. Built 1904, 91grt, Peterhead-reg PD.22. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

HEATHERY BRAE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 90grt, Inverness-reg INS.118. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.17-1919 as examination vessel. Served in WW2.

HELEN ANN, hired drifter. Built 1915, 90grt, Buckie-reg BCK.256. In service 7.15-1919 on boom defence vessel mail duties.

HELEN SLATER, hired drifter, Adty No 3427. Built 1918, 102grt, Buckie-reg BCK.289. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.18-1919 as control vessel. Served in WW2.

HELENA, hired drifter, Adty No 1804. Built 1906, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.466. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

HELENORA, hired drifter, Adty No 2274. Built 1914, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.662. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic Sea.

HELPMATE, hired drifter, Adty No 765. Built 1912, 76grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1181. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

HERALD, hired drifter, Adty No 2179. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF. 908. In service 5.15-1920 on Fleet duties.

HERO II, hired drifter, Adty No 3216. Built 1906, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.209. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 8.15-1919 as net vessel.

HERRING FISHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2027. Built 1908, 76grt, Stornoway-reg SY.251. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

HERRING GULL, hired drifter, Adty No 3057. Built 1917, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.273. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.17-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

HERRING HO, hired drifter, Adty No 3038. Built 1917, 85grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.593. In service 4.17-1919 on experimental duties.

HERRING QUEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1071. Built 1911, 72grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.714. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

HERRING SEARCHER, hired drifter, Adty No 1405, 2216. Built 1914, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.51. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

HERRING SEEKER, hired drifter, Adty No 1815. Built 1911, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1154. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

HIEDRA, hired drifter, Adty No 561, 77. Built 1908, 78grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.276. In service 2.15-1919 as patrol boat.

HIGHLAND LASSIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2178. Built 1910, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.143. In service 5.15-1920 as net vessel, target towing vessel.

HIGHLAND LEADER, hired drifter, Adty No 2146. Built 1912, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.313. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1920 as net vessel.

HILARY II (ex-TWENTY FOUR), hired drifter, Adty No 1410. Built 1902, 78grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.674. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 5.15-3.16 as net vessel. Mined 25.3.16 near Spit Buoy.

HILDA & ERNEST, hired drifter, Adty No 201. Built 1912, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1173. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 9.14-1919 as patrol boat. Served as AVAILABLE in WW2.

HOLLY, hired drifter, Adty No 776. Built 1907, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.710. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as minesweeper.

HOLLY, hired drifter, Adty No 1031. Built 1904, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.831. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed HOLLY II 5.15.

HOLLY, hired drifter, Adty No 2705. Built 1907, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.528. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 8.15-5.18 as net vessel. Renamed HOLLY III 9.15. Sunk 11.5.18 in collision off Land's End.

HOLLY BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 1141. Built 1909, 78grt, Aberdeen-reg A.258. Armament: 1-57mm. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

HOLLYDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 1873. Built 1914, 99grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.437. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.15-1920 as net vessel. Served as PECHEUR in WW2.

HOLME ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 2560. Built 1913, 89grt, Inverness-reg INS.372. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

HOLMSGARTH, hired drifter, Adty No 2743. Built 1908, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.34. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.16-1919 as net vessel.

HOME FRIEND, hired drifter. Built 1911, 89grt, Buckie-reg BCK.89. In service 8.15-1920 as boom defence vessel.

HOMELAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1105. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.125. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

HONEY BEE, hired drifter, Adty No 2292. Built 1905, 84grt, Peterhead-reg PD.70. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

HONEY DEW, hired drifter. Built 1911, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.96. In service 7.15-1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

HONEYSUCKLE II, hired drifter, Adty No 1386. Built 1903, 62grt, Peterhead-reg PD.11. In service 8.15-1919 as stores & water carrier.

HONOR, hired drifter, Adty No 2756. Built 1913, 72grt, Berwick-reg BK.22. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

HOPE, hired drifter. Built 1904, 67grt, Inverness-reg INS.138. In service 7.15-1920 as boom defence vessel collier.

HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 1004. Built 1907, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1075. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed HOPE II 4.15.

HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 2860. Built 1907, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.573. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed HOPE III 6.15.

HOPE IV, hired drifter, Adty No 2029. Built 1906, 90grt, Peterhead-reg PD.96. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

HOPEFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 2386. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.504. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

HUMOROUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2744. Built 1915, 101grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.691. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 5.16-1919 as net vessel.

HYACINTH, hired drifter, Adty No 1068. Built 1903, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.997. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel. Renamed HYACINTH II 5.15. Later purchased, sold 1920.

HYSSOP, hired drifter. Built 1903, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.1277. In service 8.15-1919 as boom defence vessel workshop.

I. & J., hired drifter, Adty No 2735. Built 1916, 95grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.293. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.16-1.19 as net vessel, minesweeper. Wrecked 1.1.19 off Newhaven.

I. F. S. (ex-TARBAT NESS), hired drifter, Adty No 751. Built 1908, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH. 188. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

IDA, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.407. In service 12.14-1919 as naval stores tender. Served as STRATHBEG in WW2.

IMPLACABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2987. Built 1916, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.730. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.16-1919 as minesweeper. Renamed IMPLACABLE II 2.17.

IMPREGNABLE, hired drifter, Adty No 219. Built 1911, 108grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1118. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.14-1919 as patrol boat. Renamed IMPREST 2.15, IMPERATOR 9.15.

INCHBROOM, hired drifter, Adty No 796. Built 1910, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.167. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as minesweeper.

INDOMITABLE II, hired drifter, Adty No 2054. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.196. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 10.15-1919 as net vessel.

INDUSTRY, hired drifter, Adty No 911. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.378. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

INFINITIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 3284. Built 1916, 103grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.795. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.16-1919 as net vessel.

INTEGRITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2908. Built 1907, 86grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.178. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

INTEGRITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2731. Built 1903, 67grt, Peterhead-reg PD.51. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 10.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed INTEGRITY II 11.15.

INTER NOS, hired drifter, Adty No 2198. Built 1907, 90grt, Inverness-reg INS.32. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 6.15-1919 as net vessel.

INVERBOYNDIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2064. Built 1910, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.322. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.16-1920 as net vessel.

INVERNAIRNE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.237. In service 7.15-1919 as boom defence vessel.

INVERUGIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2193. Built 1908, 93grt, Peterhead-reg PD.511. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 6.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

IRENE, hired drifter, Adty No 2161. Built 1906, 66grt, Buckie-reg BCK.196. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-1920 as net vessel, tender.

IRENE, hired drifter, Adty No 2475. Built 1907, 85grt, Berwick-reg BK.23. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed IRENE II 8.15.

ISA, hired drifter, Adty No 741. Built 1914, 87grt, North Shields-reg SN.105. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as BOY JOHN in WW2.

ISABELLA FERGUSSON, hired drifter. Built 1903, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.1121. In service 7.15-1919 as boom defence vessel telephone maintenance.

ISCO, hired drifter, Adty No 2355. Built 1907, 100grt, Inverness-reg INS.210. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

IVA, hired drifter, Adty No 913. Built 1908, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.1067. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

IVY, hired drifter, Adty No 607. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.183. Armament: 1-57mm. In service 9.14-1919 as net vessel.

IVY II, hired drifter, Adty No 1111. Built 1907, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1071. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

IVY III, hired drifter, Adty No 2803. Built 1905, 71grt, Banff-reg BF.18. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 6.15-1919 as net vessel.

IVY GREEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2485. Built 1908, 76grt, Buckie-reg BCK.23. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

IVY LEAF, hired drifter. Built 1911, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.286. In service 9.15-1920 as boom defence vessel. Served as RESTORE in WW2.

J. A. C., hired drifter, Adty No 2353. Built 1910, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.110. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel.

J. & A., hired drifter, Adty No 2762. Built 1914, 95grt, Berwick-reg BK.304. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-4.18 as net vessel. Sunk 4.4.18 in collision off Scarborough.

J. & M. MAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2812. Built 1913, 89grt, Inverness-reg INS.2. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

J. C. P., hired drifter, Adty No 1877. Built 1908, 73grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.767. In service 9.15-3.18 as net vessel. Sunk 22.3.18 in collision off Green Flash Buoy.

J. E. C. M., hired drifter, Adty No 2911. Built 1913, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.367. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

J. H. F., hired drifter, Adty No 1557. Built 1914, 78grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.271. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

J. S., hired drifter, Adty No 1885. Built 1911, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.746. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel.

J. T. STEPHEN, hired drifter, Adty No 993. Built 1908, 82grt, Peterhead-reg PD.523. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.14-1919 as minesweeper.

JACK GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 759. Built 1913, 98grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.252. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

JACK SALMON, hired drifter, Adty No 1023. Built 1914, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.68. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, on mine experiment duties. Served as YOUNG JACOB in WW2.

JACOB GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 1148, 983. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.176. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

JAMES & WALTER, hired drifter, Adty No 2738. Built 1916, 96grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.671. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.17-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

JAMES REAICH (ex-FIFTEEN), hired drifter. Built 1901, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.193. In service 9.15-1919 as boom defence vessel.

JANE, hired drifter. Built 1901, 104grt, Wick-reg WK.425. In service 1.16-12.18 as collier.

JANET GEDDES, hired drifter, Adty No 2008. Built 1909, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.48. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, tender.

JANET REEKIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2811. Built 1908, 81grt, Methil-reg ML.126. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

JASPER, hired drifter, Adty No 2041. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.611. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 4.15-1920 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed JASPER II 8.15.

JBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 746. Built 1913, 90grt, Whitby-reg WY.186. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, on mine experiment duties.

JEAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2490. Built 1907, 94grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.238. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 3.15-10.17 as net vessel. Mined 17.10.17 off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.

JEANIE GILCHRIST, hired drifter. Built 1907, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.877. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.17-1919 as examination vessel.

JEANIE ROBERTSON, hired drifter, Adty No 2360. Built 1908, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.310. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as THAINS in WW2.

JEANNIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2173. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.1002. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

JEANNIE II, hired drifter, Adty No 1781. Built 1903, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.483. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.15-1919 as net vessel.

JEANNIE LEASK, hired drifter, Adty No 2559. Built 1907, 95grt, Peterhead-reg PD.193. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

JEANNIE MACKINTOSH, hired drifter. Built 1915, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.209. In service 7.15-1919 as boom defence vessel water carrier. Served in WW2.

JEANNIE MURRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 989. Built 1907, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.623. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 4.15-2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

JEANNIE SIMPSON, hired drifter, Adty No 1396. Built 1907, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.859. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1920 as net vessel.

JEANNIES, hired drifter, Adty No 773. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.145. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

JESBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 3054. Built 1917, 99grt, Whitby-reg WY.187. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 8.17-1919. Served in WW2.

JESSIE TAIT, hired drifter, Adty No 74. Built 1915, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.148. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

JESSMAR, hired drifter, Adty No 1011. Built 1914, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.19. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

JOE CHAMBERLAIN, hired drifter, Adty No E, 1293. Built 1903, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.981. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

JOHN ALFRED, hired drifter, Adty No 1852. Built 1909, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.470. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

JOHN & NORAH, hired drifter, Adty No 1867. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.203. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

JOHN LINCOLN, hired drifter, Adty No 220. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.140. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 9.14-1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

JOHN MITCHELL, hired drifter, Adty No 1065. Built 1913, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.211. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-11.17 as net vessel. Sunk 14.11.17 in collision off St. Alban's Head.

JOHN ROBERT, hired drifter, Adty No 1035. Built 1912, 89grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.708. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 1.15-2.19 as net vessel. Lost 1.2.19 enroute Mersina to Alexandretta, presumed mined off Cape Karadash.

JOHN S. SUMMERS, hired drifter, Adty No 2147. Built 1910, 62grt, Peterhead-reg PD.566. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

JOHN WATT, hired drifter, Adty No 1382. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.359. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as stores & water carrier. Served in WW2.

KATREEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2977. Built 1916, 104grt, West Hartlepool-reg HL.85. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 11.16-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

KENT COUNTY, hired drifter, Adty No 203. Built 1911, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1129. In service 9.14-12.16 as patrol boat. Mined 8.12.16 off Cross Sand, Lowestoft.

KESSINGLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1056. Built 1908, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.210. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as REFLECT in WW2.

KESTREL, hired drifter, Adty No 1006. Built 1906, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.442. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed KESTREL II 4.15.

KIAMA, hired drifter, Adty No 1080. Built 1914, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.766. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as GIRL ELLEN in WW2.

KILMANY, hired drifter, Adty No 2464. Built 1908, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.304. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

KILNBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 2107. Built 1914, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.96. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

KIMBERLEY II, hired drifter, Adty No 1381. Built 1907, 102grt, Banff-reg BF.965. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

KING EDWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 2025. Built 1901, 63grt, Peterhead-reg PD.168. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel, patrol boat.

KING HERRING, hired drifter, Adty No 1922. Built 1909, 100grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.7. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 10.15-1919 as net vessel.

KINNAIRD, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.205. In service 1.15-4.15.

KIPPER, hired drifter, Adty No 1106. Built 1908, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1111. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 2.15-1920 as net vessel.

KITTY GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 1548. Built 1913, 87grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.263. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 7.15-1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LA MASCOT, hired drifter, Adty No 3048. Built 1917, 83grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.247. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 7.17-1919 as minesweeper.

LA PARISIENNE, hired drifter, Adty No 1835. Built 1913, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.213. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 8.15-1919 as net vessel.

LABURNUM, hired drifter, Adty No 1015. Built 1907, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1051. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed LABURNUM II 11.15.

LADY AUDREY, hired drifter, Adty No 1422. Built 1902, 62grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.508. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

LADYSMITH, hired drifter, Adty No 2180. Built 1904, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.1528. In service 6.15-12.15 as net vessel. Disappeared 27.12.15 in gale off Milford Haven.

LAICH O'MORAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2388. Built 1909, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.31. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

LANNER, hired drifter, Adty No 208. Built 1912, 103grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1176. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.14-1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

LAPWING IV, hired drifter, Adty No 916. Built 1907, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.888. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LASS O'DOUNE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.236. In service 9.18-1919.

LASSIE II, hired drifter, Adty No 2371. Built 1909, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.51. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LASSIE MAIN, hired drifter. Built 1910, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.135. In service 7.15-1919 on boom defence vessel engine repair duties. Served in WW2.

LAUNCH OUT, hired drifter, Adty No 1851. Built 1909, 67grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.344. In service 9.15-10.16 as net vessel. Sunk 27.10.16 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

LAUREL III, hired drifter, Adty No 2863. Built 1907, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.245. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.15-1919 as net vessel.

LAUREL BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2482. Built 1908, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.178. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

LAUREL CROWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2050. Built 1912, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.506. In service 12.14-6.16 as net vessel. Mined 2.6.16 west of the Orkneys.

LAURELIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2060. Built 1907, 96grt, Wick-reg WK.127. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.16-1919 on misc. service.

LAVATERA, hired drifter, Adty No 917. Built 1913, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.652. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15-1920 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

LAVINIA L., hired drifter, Adty No 3029. Built 1917, 73grt, Whitby-reg WY.72. In service 4.17-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LEA RIG, hired drifter, Adty No 2410. Built 1908, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.33. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as SCOURGE in WW2.

LEAD ME, hired drifter, Adty No 2858. Built 1906, 71grt, Banff-reg BF.305. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

LEADER, hired drifter, Adty No 2031. Built 1903, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.1338. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LEBANON, hired drifter. Built 1904, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.1531. In service 8.15-1920 as boom defence vessel provision tender.

LEONARD (ex-TWO), hired drifter, Adty No 2802. Built 1900, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.632. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1920. Lost 8.1.20.

LETIRA, hired drifter, Adty No 1552. Built 1914, 79grt, North Shields-reg SN.37. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LERWICK, hired drifter, Adty No 1955. Built 1908, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.747. In service 12.15-3.16 as net vessel. Wrecked 27.3.16 in Yarmouth Roads.

LETTERFOURIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2403. Built 1908, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.24. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

LIBERTY, hired drifter, Adty No 1102. Built 1907, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1055. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed LIBERTY II 5.15.

LIBERTY III, hired drifter, Adty No 2191. Built 1903, 86grt, Banff-reg BF. 1269. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 4.15-1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LICHEN, hired drifter, Adty No 236. Built 1911, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.728. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 9.14-1920 as patrol boat, hydrophone tender. Served in WW2.

LIGHT, hired drifter, Adty No 2433. Built 1908, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.260. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

LILACINA, hired drifter, Adty No 2148. Built 1912, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.445. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LILIAN MAUD, hired drifter. Built 1890, 57grt, Wick-reg WK.687. In service 1.16-1919 on misc. service.

LILIUM, hired drifter, Adty No 1313. Built 1913, 83grt, Peterhead-reg PD.118. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 6.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LILY, hired drifter, Adty No 1875. Built 1900, 61grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.502. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel.

LILY & MAGGIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2465. Built 1909, 87grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.78. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

LILY JANE, hired drifter, Adty No 1157. Built 1911, 74grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1115. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

LILY OAK, hired drifter, Adty No 2277. Built 1908, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.34. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

LILY OF THE VALLEY, hired drifter, Adty No 1430. Built 1903, 60grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.988. In service 4.15-10.15 as net vessel.

LILY REAICH, hired drifter, Adty No 2296. Built 1908, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.11. In service 3.15-2.16 as net vessel. Mined 26.2.16 off Durazzo.

LILYBANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2006. Built 1911, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.345. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

LINDSDELL, hired drifter, Adty No 224. Built 1914, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.322. In service 9.14-9.14 as minesweeper. Mined 3.9.14 off the Outer Dowsing.

LINUM (ex-SEVEN), hired drifter, Adty No 1785. Built 1901, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.151. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 3.15-1919 as net vessel.

LIVELIHOOD, hired drifter, Adty No 2430. Built 1907, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.549. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

LIVELY, hired drifter, Adty No 2501. Built 1903, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.262. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel. Renamed LIVELY II 5.15.

LIVONIA, hired drifter, Adty No 788. Built 1904, 89grt, Buckie-reg BCK.172. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as minesweeper.

LIVONIA, hired drifter. Built 1905, 62grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.545. In service 2.16-1919 as chaplain's tender. Renamed GREEN MANTLE 8.18.

LIZZIE ANNIE, hired drifter. Built 1908, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.19. In service 1.16-1919 on misc. service.

LIZZIE BIRRELL, hired drifter, Adty No 2062. Built 1913, 92grt, Buckie-reg BCK.163. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.16-1920 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

LIZZIE BROWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2402. Built 1911, 76grt, Aberdeen-reg A.373. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

LIZZIE FLETT, hired drifter, Adty No 2116. Built 1911, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.87. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LIZZIE HUTT, hired drifter, Adty No 2406. Built 1908, 82grt, Methil-reg ML.122. In service 4.15-1919 as net vessel.

LLOYD GEORGE, hired drifter, Adty No 2373. Built 1910, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.94. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

LOCH CRAIG, hired drifter, Adty No 2109. Built 1910, 91grt, Banff-reg BF.251. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

LOCH SPYNIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2458. Built 1910, 80grt, Inverness-reg INS.173. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LOCHNABO, hired drifter, Adty No 3152. Built 1910, 76grt, Inverness-reg INS.112. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LONDON COUNTY, hired drifter, Adty No 3246. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.329. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 1.16-1919 as net vessel. Lost 28.10.19 off Beadnell.

LONICERA, hired drifter, Adty No 2354. Built 1911, 78grt, Banff-reg BF.301. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 1.15-1920 as net vessel.

LOOK SHARP, hired drifter, Adty No 2365. Built 1912, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.407. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

LORAINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2077, Y5.8. Built 1916, 96grt, North Shields-reg SN.287. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 4.16-1936 as frozen meat carrier. Purchased 1918, sold 1936.

LORD CHARLES BERESFORD, hired drifter, Adty No S, 1304. Built 1907, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1046. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

LORD CLAUD HAMILTON, hired drifter, Adty No H, 1296. Built 1907, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1047. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 12.14-1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

LORD CROMER, hired drifter, Adty No C, 1291. Built 1908, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.117. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.14-1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

LORD CURZON, hired drifter, Adty No 3062. Built 1917, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.7. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 9.17-1919 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

LORD DUNWICH, hired drifter. Built 1911, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1152. In service 9.15-1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

LORD FISHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2966. Built 1916, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.711. In service 4.17-1919 as patrol boat.

LORD HALDANE, hired drifter, Adty No 1913. Built 1911, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1141. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel.

LORD LEITRIM, hired drifter, Adty No 2707. Built 1910, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.623. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.15-1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel. Served as WEST NEUK in WW2.

LORD LOVAT, hired drifter, Adty No 1561. Built 1913, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.56. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

LORD MILNER, hired drifter, Adty No 738, 2741. Built 1903, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.982. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

LORD ROBERTS II, hired drifter, Adty No 1434. Built 1900, 72grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.149. In service 5.15-3.17 as net vessel.

LORD STRADBROKE, hired drifter, Adty No 1057. Built 1910, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.686. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel. Served as OUR KATE in WW2.

LORD WENLOCK, hired drifter, Adty No 1871. Built 1911, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1143. Armament: 1-3pdr AA. In service 9.15-1919 as net vessel.

LORD ZETLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 3238. Built 1914, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.777. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.15-1919 as net vessel.

LOTTIE, hired drifter. Built 1904, 71grt, Wick-reg WK.15. In service 1.16-1920 on misc. service.

LOTTIE LEASK, hired drifter, Adty No 1072. Built 1907, 94grt, North Shields-reg SN.184. In service 1.15-12.15 as net vessel. Sunk 18.12.15 by U-boat gunfire off Saseno Isl.

LOVEDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 2469. Built 1914, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.654. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

LOYAL FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1811. Built 1913, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.64. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15-1919 as net vessel.

LOYAL STAR, hired drifter, Adty No A, 1289. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.111. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.14-1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

LUCANIA II, hired drifter, Adty No 2398. Built 1910, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.59. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LUCRATIVE, hired drifter. Built 1914, 87grt, Inverness-reg INS.66. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 7.15-1920 as boom defence vessel. Served as EASTER ROSE in WW2.

LUCY MACKAY (ex-BRUCES), hired drifter, Adty No 2853. Built 1907, 94grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.172. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

LUDHAM CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 1506. Built 1904, 66grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.843. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15-1919 as net vessel.

LUFRA, hired drifter. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.905. In service 1.16-1919 on misc. service.

LUPINA, hired drifter, Adty No 2451. Built 1908, 88grt, Peterhead-reg PD.519. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

LUSTRE GEM, hired drifter, Adty No 2564. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.526. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 2.15-1919 as net vessel.

LUSTRING, hired drifter, Adty No 2003. Built 1910, 71grt, Banff-reg BF.195. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-10.18 as net vessel. Sunk 3.10.18 in collision off Hollier Holm.

LYRE BIRD (ex-TWENTY-THREE), hired drifter, Adty No 2149. Built 1902, 80grt, Buckie-reg BCK.174. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15-1920 as net vessel.

M. H. BUCHAN, hired drifter, Adty No 3109. Built 1917, 101grt, Peterhead-reg PD.325. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.17?1919 as hydrophone tender. Renamed BUCK 6.18. Served in WW2.

M. THOMSON, hired drifter. Built 1908, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.10. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

MA FREEN, hired drifter, Adty No 749. Built 1913, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.927. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

MABEL VERA, hired drifter. Built 1912, 98grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1185. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

MACKAYS, hired drifter, Adty No 2801. Built 1908, 83grt, Methil-reg ML.125. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

MADIS, hired drifter, Adty No 1845. Built 1909, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.577. In service 8.15?4.17 as net vessel.

MAGDALEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2862. Built 1907, 94grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.217. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MAGGIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2162. Built 1907, 96grt, Banff-reg BF.424. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

MAGGIE BRUCE, hired drifter, Adty No 2437. Built 1911, 76grt, Buckie-reg BCK.94. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MAGGIE COWE, hired drifter, Adty No 2758. Built 1914, 91grt, Berwick-reg BK.334. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served as RACHEL FLETT in WW2.

MAGGIE GAULT, hired drifter. Built 1910, 91grt, Inverness-reg INS.126. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.17?1919 as examination vessel. Served in WW2.

MAGGIES, hired drifter, Adty No 2129. Built 1907, 85grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.138. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

MAGNET, hired drifter. Built 1903, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.1122. In service 1.16?1920 on mining duties.

MAGNET III, hired drifter, Adty No 797. Built 1908, 92grt, Buckie-reg BCK.40. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as boom defence vessel repairs vessel.

MAGNIFICENT, hired drifter. Built 1903, 68grt, Inverness-reg INS.538. In service 8.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

MAGNIFICENT III, hired drifter. Built 1909, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.23. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

MAID O'MORAY, hired drifter. Built 1911, 84grt, Inverness-reg INS.224. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

MAID OF THULE, hired drifter, Adty No 166. Built 1917, 97grt, Lerwick-reg LK.882. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.17?1919 as minesweeper.

MAJESTY, hired drifter, Adty No D, 1292. Built 1908, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.66. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

MANZANITA, hired drifter, Adty No 1038. Built 1911, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1113. In service 1.15?9.16 as net vessel. Wrecked 6.9.16 in the Adriatic.

MARA SMITH, hired drifter, Adty No 2553, 2251. Built 1908, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.22. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed DREEL CASTLE 2.18.

MARE, hired drifter, Adty No 2200. Built 1911, 92grt, Montrose-reg ME.156. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

MARIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1876. Built 1905, 60grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.717. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

MARINER, hired drifter, Adty No 2426. Built 1907, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.259. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MARITANA, hired drifter, Adty No 2275. Built 1907, 97grt, Banff-reg BF.715. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MARVELLOUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2565. Built 1908, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.474. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY ADELINE, hired drifter, Adty No 1005. Built 1910, 73grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.650. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY BOWIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1783. Built 1911, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.86. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY COWIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1806. Built 1908, 83grt, Londonderry-reg LY.48. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY MALTMAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2757. Built 1908, 79grt, Berwick-reg BK.269. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY REID, hired drifter, Adty No 2304. Built 1908, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.36. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MARY SLATER, hired drifter, Adty No 2856. Built 1911, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.243. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY STEPHEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1390. Built 1906, 89grt, Peterhead-reg PD.116. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

MARY SWANSTON, hired drifter. Built 1916, 109grt, Berwick-reg BK.357. In service 3.16?1919 as meat carrier. Served as DEWY EVE in WW2.

MARYLAND, hired drifter. Built 1902, 61grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.506. In service 1.15?1920 as stores & water carrier.

MARY'S, hired drifter, Adty No 2467. Built 1907, 82grt, Buckie-reg BCK.198. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

MASCOT, hired drifter, Adty No 2429. Built 1902, 66grt, Banff-reg BF.994. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed MALAPERT 9.18.

MASTERPIECE, hired drifter, Adty No 756. Built 1907, 82grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.407. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

MAUD EVELYN, hired drifter, Adty No 1837. Built 1910, 73grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.540. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

MAUVEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 4397. Built 1918, 95grt, North Shields-reg SN.360. In service 10.18?1919.

MAYBERRY (ex?SIX), hired drifter. Built 1901, 77grt, Wick-reg WK.79. In service 1.16?1920 as hospital vessel.

MAYFLOWER, hired drifter, Adty No 2570. Built 1907, 97grt, Inverness-reg INS.75. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

MEG, hired drifter, Adty No 1055. Built 1906, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.316. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed MEG II 8.18.

MELINKA, hired drifter, Adty No 2335. Built 1911, 77grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.432. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

MICHAELMAS DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 1910. Built 1913, 99grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.136. In service 9.15?11.16 as net vessel. Mined 26.11.16 near Cape Santa Maria di Leuca.

MIDAS, hired drifter, Adty No 1107. Built 1910, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.585. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

MIGNONETTE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 96grt, Banff-reg BF.756. In service 12.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

MILL BURN, hired drifter, Adty No 2393. Built 1914, 85grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.72. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

MILL O'BUCKIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2272. Built 1914, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.102. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

MINT, hired drifter. Built 1912, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.125. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

MISHE NAHMA, hired drifter, Adty No 1879. Built 1900, 58grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.494. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

MISTLETOE, hired drifter, Adty No 226. Built 1904, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.833. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat.

MISTRESS ISA, hired drifter. Built 1915, 99grt, Inverness-reg INS.399. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

MIZPAH (ex?CATO), hired drifter, Adty No 2037. Built 1901, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.552. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

MONARCH II, hired drifter, Adty No 2901. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.581. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MONARDA, hired drifter, Adty No 3101. Built 1916, 108grt, Peterhead-reg PD.266. Armament: 1?6pdr, 1?2pdr. In service 10.16?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

MONITOR, hired drifter. Built 1906, 68grt, Buckie-reg BCK.72. In service 1.16?1919 as hospital vessel, tender.

MONOLIADH, hired drifter. Built 1912, 85grt, Inverness-reg INS.311. In service 8.14?1920 as tender, Purchased 20.12.14 for Cromarty.

MONTBLETTON, hired drifter, Adty No 2555. Built 1910, 76grt, Banff-reg BF.136. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

MONTCOFFER, hired drifter, Adty No 2479. Built 1909, 53grt, Banff-reg BF.85. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

MORAY GEM, hired drifter. Built 1911, 73grt, Inverness-reg INS.206. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

MORAY VIEW, hired drifter. Built 1909, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.22. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

MORMOND HILL (ex?KATE BAIRD), hired drifter, Adty No 2431. Built 1908, 98grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.584. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

MORNING STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2286. Built 1907, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.237. In service 2.15?1.16 as net vessel. Mined 8.1.16 off Brindisi.

MORNING STAR II, hired drifter, Adty No 2127. Built 1906, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.128. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

MORNING STAR III, hired drifter, Adty No 71. Built 1907, 90grt, Leith-reg LH.250. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

MORNING STAR IV, hired drifter, Adty No 2903. Built 1907, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.201. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

MORNING STAR V, hired drifter, Adty No 2716. Built 1904, 68grt, Peterhead-reg PD.135. Armament: 1?47mm. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel, patrol boat.

MORRISON, hired drifter, Adty No 597. Built 1909, 80grt, Peterhead-reg PD.580. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper.

MOSS, hired drifter, Adty No 248. Built 1911, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.734. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1920 as patrol boat. Served as GUIDING LIGHT in WW2.

MOY HALL, hired drifter. Built 1910, 71grt, Inverness-reg INS.117. In service 8.17?1920 on misc. service.

MYRTLE SPRIG, hired drifter, Adty No 1827. Built 1910, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.473. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

NELLIE MCGEE, hired drifter, Adty No 2059. Built 1908, 93grt, Peterhead-reg PD.521. In service 11.14?1922, Hospital tender, Purchased 1915, sold 27.6.22. Served in WW2.

NELLIE REID, hired drifter, Adty No 2367. Built 1907, 94grt, Inverness-reg INS.362. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

NELLY, hired drifter, Adty No 1473. Built 1903, 75grt, North Shields-reg SN.350. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

NELSON, hired drifter, Adty No 1018. Built 1906, 71grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.516. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

NESMAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2514. Built 1911, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1112. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as stores & water carrier, net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed NESMAR II 12.17.

NETSUKIS, hired drifter, Adty No 206. Built 1913, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.271. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as minesweeper, net vessel. Served in WW2.

NEVERTHELESS, hired drifter, Adty No 1019. Built 1911, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1148. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

NEW DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 774. Built 1908, 93grt, Aberdeen-reg A.221. Armament: 1?.45in MG. In service 11.14?3.18 as minesweeper. Mined 23.3.18 at entrance to the Needles Channel.

NEW SPRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1146, 570. Built 1912, 70grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.135. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

NEXUS (ex?ROXANA), hired drifter, Adty No 3211. Built 1907, 86grt, Buckie-reg BCK.159. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 8.15?3.18 as net vessel. Mined 13.3.18 in the Thames estuary.

NIGELLA II (ex?EIGHT), hired drifter, Adty No 2709. Built 1901, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.152. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

NIL DESPERANDUM, hired drifter, Adty No 1094. Built 1903, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.175. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

NINA, hired drifter, Adty No 994. Built 1904, 83grt, Peterhead-reg PD.497. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?8.17, Sunk 2.8.17 by explosion off Prawle Point.

NINE SISTERS, hired drifter, Adty No 157. Built 1910, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.608. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 11.14?1919 as patrol boat, net vessel.

NOREEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1550. Built 1914, 79grt, North Shields-reg SN.44. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

NORFOLK COUNTY, hired drifter, Adty No 2219. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.103. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

NORFORD SUFFLING, hired drifter, Adty No 753. Built 1914, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.45. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

NORHAM CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2499. Built 1899, 93grt, Peterhead-reg PD.102. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as stores & water carrier.

NORLAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2285. Built 1914, 90grt, Buckie-reg BCK.177. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

NORTHERN SCOT, hired drifter, Adty No 2425. Built 1911, 90grt, Inverness-reg INS.248. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

NORTHESK, hired drifter, Adty No 2022. Built 1913, 100grt, Montrose-reg ME.244. Armament: 1?12pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed NORTHESK II 12.15. Served in WW2.

NULLI SECUNDUS, hired drifter, Adty No 3070. Built 1917, 104grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.610. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.17?1920.

OAK APPLE, hired drifter, Adty No 249. Built 1910, 98grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.365. Armament: 1?2.5pdr. In service 9.14?1920 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

OAKLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1073. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.719. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

OBERON, hired drifter, Adty No 2508. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.471. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed OBERON II 12.15.

OBTAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 3113. Built 1917, 105grt, Buckie-reg BCK.355. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.17?1919. Served in WW2.

OBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 1551. Built 1912, 93grt, Whitby-reg WY.165. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as GIRL PAMELA in WW2.

OCEAN ANGLER, hired drifter, Adty No 2466. Built 1911, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.208. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

OCEAN CREST, hired drifter, Adty No 231. Built 1911, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.876. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

OCEAN CREST II, hired drifter, Adty No 233. Built 1914, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.29. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat.

OCEAN FAVOURITE, hired drifter, Adty No 245. Built 1913, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.239. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat.

OCEAN FISHER, hired drifter, Adty No 234. Built 1913, 96grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.345. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?6.18 as patrol boat. Mined 16.6.18 off Haddock Bank Buoy.

OCEAN FOAM, hired drifter, Adty No 1954. Built 1911, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.970. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?10.18 as patrol boat. Sunk 7.10.18 in collision In Penzance Bay.

OCEAN GAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 1333. Built 1915, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.184. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.17?1919. Served in WW2.

OCEAN GIFT, hired drifter, Adty No 2557. Built 1907, 91grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.563. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

OCEAN GLEANER, hired drifter, Adty No 2012. Built 1913, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.600. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

OCEAN GUIDE, hired drifter, Adty No 238. Built 1914, 75grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.24. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

OCEAN HARVEST, hired drifter, Adty No 247. Built 1913, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.305. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat.

OCEAN HOPE, hired drifter, Adty No 244. Built 1912, 81grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.732. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

OCEAN PILOT, hired drifter, Adty No 227. Built 1913, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.325. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel. Served in WW2.

OCEAN PIONEER, hired drifter, Adty No 1334. Built 1915, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.19. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.17?1919. Served in WW2.

OCEAN PLOUGH, hired drifter, Adty No 250. Built 1912, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.792. In service 9.14?8.16 as patrol boat. Mined 27.8.16 off Lowestoft.

OCEAN PRIDE, hired drifter, Adty No 2364. Built 1911, 95grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.104. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

OCEAN RAMBLER, hired drifter, Adty No 246. Built 1914, 96grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.725. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone vessel.

OCEAN REAPER, hired drifter, Adty No 232. Built 1912, 101grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.470. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone tender.

OCEAN RETRIEVER, hired drifter, Adty No 239. Built 1912, 94grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.307. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

OCEAN RETRIEVER II, hired drifter, Adty No 235. Built 1914, 94grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.33. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 9.14?1920 as patrol boat.

OCEAN REWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 243. Built 1912, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.730. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone vessel. Served in WW2.

OCEAN ROAMER, hired drifter, Adty No 3044. Built 1917, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.497. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.17-1919.

OCEAN SCOUT, hired drifter. Built 1913, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.10. In service 1.16?1920 as examination vessel. Served in WW2.

OCEAN SEARCHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2261. Built 1912, 83grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.75. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

OCEAN SPRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1032. Built 1912, 82grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.264. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

OCEAN STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 785. Built 1907, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.960. In service 12.14?9.17 as patrol boat. Sunk 26.9.17 off the Nab LV, probably mined.

OCEAN TREASURE, hired drifter, Adty No 228. Built 1913, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.574. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served in WW2.

OCEAN TRUST, hired drifter. Built 1914, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.160. In service 10.18?1919 on misc. service.

OCEANIC, hired drifter, Adty No 789. Built 1907, 99grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.220. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper. Renamed OCEANIC III 2.15.

OLIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2205. Built 1906, 89grt, Peterhead-reg PD.122. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

OLIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 3154. Built 1904, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.1554. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed OLIVE II 8.15.

OLIVE III, hired drifter, Adty No 2035. Built 1906, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.282. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

OLIVE LEAF, hired drifter, Adty No 2409. Built 1907, 82grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.220. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

OLYMPUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2150. Built 1910, 58grt, Buckie-reg BCK.61. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

ONWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 2302. Built 1907, 94grt, Banff-reg BF.919. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ONWARD II 8.15. Served as ONWARD II in WW2.

ONWARD III, hired drifter. Built 1902, 63grt, Peterhead-reg PD.40. In service 7.17?1920.

OPTIMISTIC, hired drifter. Built 1907, 95grt, Inverness-reg INS.291. In service 8.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

ORD HILL, hired drifter. Built 1910, 90grt, Inverness-reg INS.148. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

ORIENT II, hired drifter, Adty No 1894. Built 1911, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.859. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

ORION, hired drifter, Adty No 2280. Built 1906, 70grt, Banff-reg BF.368. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed ORION II 5.15.

OSPREY, hired drifter, Adty No 1860. Built 1907, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1076. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

OSWY, hired drifter, Adty No 2978. Built 1916, 95grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.34. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 11.16?1920 as net vessel.

OUR ALLIES, hired drifter, Adty No 2206. Built 1915, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.492. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

OUR FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 3239. Built 1913, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.72. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

PAISIBLE, hired drifter, Adty No 1566. Built 1911, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1149. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

PAMELA (ex?TWENTY SEVEN), hired drifter, Adty No 2135, 1413. Built 1902, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.680. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

PANOPIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2470. Built 1908, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.18. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel.

PANSY, hired drifter. Built 1902, 58grt, Wick-reg WK.578. In service 7.15?1919 on misc. service. Renamed PLUMER 8.18.

PANSY II, hired drifter, Adty No 3215. Built 1903, 67grt, Banff-reg BF.1312. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

PANSY III, hired drifter, Adty No 2024. Built 1907, 91grt, Montrose-reg ME.203. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel, tender.

PARADOX II, hired drifter, Adty No 757. Built 1910, 73grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.710. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

PARAGON, hired drifter, Adty No 2855. Built 1906, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.500. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed PARAGON II 3.17. Served in WW2.

PARAMOUNT, hired drifter, Adty No G, 1295. Built 1911, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1116. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

PAX VOBISCUM, hired drifter. Built 1913, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.162. In service 1.16?1920 as examination vessel. Served as SCOTCH THISTLE in WW2.

PAXTON, hired drifter, Adty No 1008. Built 1911, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1114. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

PEACE, hired drifter, Adty No 2484. Built 1907, 83grt, Peterhead-reg PD.130. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PEACEMAKER, hired drifter, Adty No 1912. Built 1911, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.768. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

PEARL III, hired drifter, Adty No 2306. Built 1906, 72grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.461. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

PECHEUR, hired drifter, Adty No 1824. Built 1910, 67grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.638. In service 8.15?4.16 as net vessel. Sunk 3.4.16 in collision off Smalls Light.

PEGGY, hired drifter, Adty No 1315. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.149. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

PELAGIA (ex?THIRTY?FOUR, ex?THREE), hired drifter, Adty No 2722. Built 1900, 84grt, Coleraine-reg CE.227. In service 10.15?11.16. Mined 28.11.16 off the Nab LV.

PENNAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2045. Built 1910, 64grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.401. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

PERILIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2001. Built 1912, 83grt, Banff-reg BF. 428. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

PERSISTIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 1003. Built 1908, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.42. In service 1.15?2.16 as net vessel. Mined 9.2.16 off Dover.

PETERUGIE, hired drifter. Built 1915, 81grt, Peterhead-reg PD.210. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel, mooring tender.

PETREL, hired drifter, Adty No 2488. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.914. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

PEVENSEY CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 1895. Built 1913, 101grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.199. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

PHILORTH, hired drifter, Adty No 2111. Built 1907, 100grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.211. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?2.19 as net vessel. Foundered 24.2.19 en route from Syra to Malta.

PHINGASK, hired drifter, Adty No 599. Built 1908, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.296. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1920 as minesweeper, depot vessel. Renamed JULIUS 10.19.

PHYLLIS MARY, hired drifter, Adty No 3056. Built 1917, 94grt, Grimsby-reg GY.578. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.17?1919. Served in WW2.

PILOT ME, hired drifter, Adty No 1103. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.353. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

PILOT STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 1830. Built 1907, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1060. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

PIMPERNEL, hired drifter, Adty No 1159. Built 1909, 88grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.390. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as PHYLLIS ROSE in WW2.

PIONEER III, hired drifter, Adty No 2724. Built 1893, 95grt, Peterhead-reg PD.54. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

PISCATOR, hired drifter. Built 1899, 53grt, Scarborough-reg SH.188. In service 1.17?1919 as gunnery tender.

PISCATOR, hired drifter, Adty No 2760. Built 1907, 83grt, Berwick-reg BK.26. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed PISCATOR II 9.17.

PISCATORIAL II, hired drifter, Adty No 3300. Built 1916, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.762. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.16?12.17 as net vessel. Disappeared 29.12.17 off Newhaven.

PISCES, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Banff-reg BF.882. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

PITBLAE, hired drifter, Adty No 793. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.357. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper, boom defence vessel. Served as GUIDE US in WW2.

PITGAVENY, hired drifter, Adty No 2449. Built 1909, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.11. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PITTENDRUM, hired drifter, Adty No 2113. Built 1913, 84grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.544. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

PITULLIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2390. Built 1907, 99grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.221. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PLACEO, hired drifter, Adty No 1814. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.553. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

PLANTIN, hired drifter, Adty No 1400. Built 1912, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.453. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?4.17 as net vessel. Mined 26.4.17 off Standfast Point.

PLAYMATES, hired drifter, Adty No 1898. Built 1907, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1079. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

PLEASANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 1966. Built 1909, 80grt, Scarborough-reg SH.168. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

PLEASANTS, hired drifter, Adty No 567. Built 1913, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.350. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

PLEIADES, hired drifter, Adty No 2733. Built 1907, 90grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.489. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 11.15?1920 as net vessel.

PLOUGHBOY, hired drifter, Adty No 1909. Built 1912, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1177. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

POPPY (ex?THIRTY SIX), hired drifter. Built 1902, 76grt, Buckie-reg BCK.175. In service 7.15?1920 as examination vessel. Renamed RECLUSE 8.18.

POSEIDON, hired drifter. Built 1913, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.157. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

PREMIER II, hired drifter, Adty No 2736. Built 1906, 71grt, Scarborough-reg SH.152. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PRESENT FRIENDS, hired drifter, Adty No 1565. Built 1914, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.89. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

PRESENT HELP, hired drifter, Adty No 222. Built 1911, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1120. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as minesweeper, patrol boat. Served in WW2.

PRESENTER, hired drifter. Built 1915, 106grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.323. In service 10.16?1919 as minefields tender.

PRESS HOME, hired drifter, Adty No 2152. Built 1908, 77grt, Buckie-reg BCK.7. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

PRESTIGE, hired drifter, Adty No 2151. Built 1907, 81grt, Buckie-reg BCK.156. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

PRESTON, hired drifter, Adty No 76. Built 1906, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.121. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

PRIDE O'FIFE, hired drifter, Adty No 2125. Built 1907, 83grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.218. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PRIDE OF BUCHAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2381. Built 1908, 86grt, Peterhead-reg PD.529. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

PRIDE OF BUCKIE, hired drifter, Adty No 2423. Built 1910, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.78. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

PRIDE OF FILEY (ex?EMULATOR), hired drifter, Adty No 1249. Built 1907, 87grt, Scarborough-reg SH.215. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

PRIDE OF MORAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2442. Built 1909, 50grt, Inverness-reg INS.71. In service 5.15?1919 as transport, water carrier. Served in WW2.

PRIME, hired drifter, Adty No 2289. Built 1914, 101grt, Buckie-reg BCK.185. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

PRIMEVERE, hired drifter, Adty No 1925. Built 1914, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.345. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

PRIMROSE, hired drifter. Built 1906, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1016. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel, water carrier.

PRIMROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 2123. Built 1907, 87grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.163. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed PRIMROSE II 8.15.

PRIMROSE III, hired drifter, Adty No 2052. Built 1915, 89grt, Peterhead-reg PD.238. In service 12.15?1919 as fleet tender. Served as FAWN in WW2.

PRINCE ALBERT, hired drifter, Adty No 1116. Built 1902, 64grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.462. In service 3.15?4.15 as net vessel.

PRINCESS OF SANDWICK, hired drifter, Adty No 990. Built 1907, 50grt, Lerwick-reg LK.588. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

PRINCIPAL, hired drifter, Adty No 604. Built 1908, 91grt, Peterhead-reg PD.520. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, net vessel. Q-ship. Served in WW2.

PROCEED, hired drifter, Adty No 1427. Built 1901, 64grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.257. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

PRODUCTIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2181. Built 1906, 73grt, Banff-reg BF.257. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1920 as net vessel.

PROFICIENCY, hired drifter. Built 1913, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.508. In service 12.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

PROGRESS II, hired drifter, Adty No 2421. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.956. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as APPLE TREE in WW2.

PROMOTIVE, hired drifter. Built 1908, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.15. In service 9.18?1919 as hospital vessel. Served in WW2.

PROSIT, hired drifter, Adty No 1039. Built 1906, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.232. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PROSPECT, hired drifter, Adty No 1418. Built 1902, 58grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.54. In service 3.15-8.15 as net vessel.

PROSPECTIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2260. Built 1910, 75grt, Banff-reg BF.247. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

PROSPERITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2753. Built 1906, 72grt, Berwick-reg BK.15. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

PROSPERITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2160. Built 1901, 64grt, Banff-reg BF.649. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed PROSPERITY II 8.15.

PROTECT, hired drifter, Adty No 1392. Built 1907, 98grt, Banff-reg BF.511. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?3.17 as net vessel. Mined 16.3.17 off Dover.

PROTECT ME, hired drifter, Adty No 2379. Built 1908, 88grt, Peterhead-reg PD.517. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

PROTECTOR, hired drifter, Adty No 1859. Built 1902, 58grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.143. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

PROVIDER, hired drifter, Adty No 1904. Built 1907, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.999. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel.

PURSUIT, hired drifter, Adty No 2124. Built 1907, 79grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.152. In service 2.15?4.18 as net vessel. Sunk 22.4.18 in collision off Penzance.

Q. E. F., hired drifter, Adty No 2048. Built 1907, 89grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.532. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel, patrol boat.

QUARRY KNOWE, hired drifter, Adty No 2414. Built 1914, 98grt, Buckie-reg BCK.181. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 5.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

QUEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2851. Built 1906, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.169. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed QUEEN III 6.15.

QUEEN MOTHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2996. Built 1916, 126grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.914. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.17?1920 as minesweeper.

QUEEN OF THE FLEET, hired drifter, Adty No 3061. Built 1917, 96grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.580. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.17?1919. Served in WW2.

QUI SAIT, hired drifter, Adty No 1823. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.203. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

QUICK SET, hired drifter, Adty No 1077. Built 1909, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.465. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

QUINTIA, hired drifter, Adty No 1549. Built 1914, 90grt, North Shields-reg SN.83. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1919. Served in WW2.

R. MACKAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1074. Built 1910, 78grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.770. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

RACER II, hired drifter, Adty No 2702. Built 1906, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.382. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

RADIANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2737. Built 1907, 95grt, Inverness-reg INS.321. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed RADIANT II 3.17.

RAMBLING ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1142. Built 1909, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.553. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

RANNAS (ex?SILVER THYME), hired drifter, Adty No 2448. Built 1907, 85grt, Buckie-reg BCK.122. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, tender.

RATHVEN, hired drifter, Adty No 992. Built 1908, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.39. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1920 as minesweeper.

REALITY, hired drifter, Adty No 1026. Built 1911, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1126. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

REALIZE, hired drifter, Adty No 1024. Built 1914, 103grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.365. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

REAPER, hired drifter, Adty No R, 1303. Built 1907, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1082. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, escort vessel.

RECEPTIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 3116. Built 1913, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.78. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.16?1919 as stores carrier. Served in WW2.

RECLAIM, hired drifter, Adty No L, 1298. Built 1913, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.227. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

RECOMPENSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1419. Built 1902, 58grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.509. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

RECRUIT, hired drifter. Built 1915, 94grt, Buckie-reg BCK.212. In service 8.15?1920 as boom defence vessel, hospital vessel.

REDRIFT, hired drifter, Adty No 2358. Built 1908, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.419. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

REDWALD, hired drifter, Adty No 205. Built 1912, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1171. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as minesweeper, patrol boat.

REED, hired drifter, Adty No 230. Built 1911, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.738. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone vessel. Served in WW2.

REGAIN, hired drifter, Adty No 1839. Built 1914, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.757. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

REGENT BIRD, hired drifter. Built 1909, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.49. In service 12.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

REJOICE, hired drifter, Adty No 2044. Built 1915, 83grt, Methil-reg ML.337. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

RELIANCE, hired drifter. Built 1904, 75grt, Banff-reg BF.1524. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel, mooring tender.

RELIANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 2175. Built 1903, 67grt, Banff-reg BF.1590. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed RELIANCE III 8.15.

REMEMBRANCE, hired drifter, Adty No 1112. Built 1910, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.544. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

RENE, hired drifter, Adty No 1556, 2203. Built 1914, 89grt, North Shields-reg SN.51. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, tender. Served in WW2.

RENOVATE, hired drifter, Adty No 1058. Built 1909, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.307. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

RENOWN, hired drifter, Adty No 1384. Built 1904, 86grt, Peterhead-reg PD.42. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed RENOWN II 12.15.

REPLENISH, hired drifter, Adty No 2356. Built 1913, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.530. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

RESOLUTE, hired drifter, Adty No 2212. Built 1904, 90grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.556. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

RESOLUTE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.444. In service 7.15?3.16 as boom defence vessel.

RESPLENDENT, hired drifter. Built 1914, 100grt, Banff-reg BF.19. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

RESTART, hired drifter, Adty No 1021. Built 1912, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1200. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel. Served in WW2.

RESTLESS WAVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2804. Built 1907, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.149. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

RESTORE, hired drifter, Adty No 1826. Built 1914, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.215. In service 8.15?10.15 as net vessel. Sunk 12.10.15 by U-boat gunfire in Otranto Strait.

RESULT, hired drifter. Built 1903, 63grt, Buckie-reg BCK.139. In service 1.16?1919 as tender. Renamed ALLENBY 8.18.

RETRIEVER, hired drifter, Adty No 223. Built 1907, 90grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1096. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Renamed RETRIEVER II 12.15.

REWARD, hired drifter, Adty No 1401, 981. Built 1906, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.463. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

RIG, hired drifter. Built 1911, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.92. In service 1.16?1919 as tender. Served in WW2.

RISING SUN, hired drifter, Adty No 2168. Built 1906, 81grt, Inverness-reg INS.188. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

RIVAL, hired drifter, Adty No 2473. Built 1907, 95grt, Peterhead-reg PD.347. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed RIVAL II 12.15. Served in WW2.

ROBIN, hired drifter, Adty No 2450. Built 1903, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.1321. Armament: 1?2.5pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ROBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 745. Built 1911, 83grt, Whitby-reg WY.137. In service 1.15?10.16 as net vessel. Sunk 27.10.16 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

ROCHOMIE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.162. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

ROCK DAISY (ex?NINETEEN), hired drifter, Adty No 2807. Built 1901, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.157. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

RODNEY II, hired drifter, Adty No 2754. Built 1907, 81grt, Berwick-reg BK.33. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

ROOKE, hired drifter, Adty No I. Built 1908, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.53. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?8.16 as patrol boat. Sunk 3.8.16 in collision off Deal.

ROOSEVELT, hired drifter. Built 1907, 97grt, Inverness-reg INS.345. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

ROSE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 81grt, Inverness-reg INS.285. In service 11.15?1920 as boom defence vessel collier.

ROSE III, hired drifter, Adty No 1030. Built 1907, 91grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.971. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ROSE III, hired drifter. Built 1908, 88grt, Buckie-reg BCK.35. In service 11.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

ROSE V, hired drifter, Adty No 2033. Built 1900, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.389. In service 8.15?1920 as boom defence vessel collier, stores carrier.

ROSE & GLADYS, hired drifter, Adty No 3071. Built 1917, 93grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.875. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.17?1919.

ROSE O'DOUNE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 64grt, Banff-reg BF.108. In service 1.16?1919 as submarine depot vessel.

ROSEBINE (ex?FIVE), hired drifter. Built 1901, 72grt, Peterhead-reg PD.528. In service 1.16?1919 as boom defence vessel repair vessel.

ROSEBUD, hired drifter, Adty No 779. Built 1907, 100grt, Peterhead-reg PD.176. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.14?1919 as minesweeper. Served in WW2.

ROSEDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 2197. Built 1907, 93grt, Buckie-reg BCK.6. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.16?1919 as net vessel.

ROSEHALL (ex?G. A. W.), hired drifter, Adty No 2268. Built 1909, 72grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.71. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ROSEHEARTY, hired drifter, Adty No 2266. Built 1913, 82grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.565. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ROSEMMA, hired drifter, Adty No 1114. Built 1912, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1178. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

ROSEVINE, hired drifter, Adty No 1812. Built 1913, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1198. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 7.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 24.5.17 in collision off Great Yarmouth.

ROSIEBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 988. Built 1909, 56grt, Banff-reg BF.77. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

ROSIES, hired drifter, Adty No 2172. Built 1908, 84grt, Buckie-reg BCK.14. In service 5.15?8.16 as net vessel. Sunk 26.8.16 by A/C bomb In Otranto Strait.

ROTHESAY BAY, hired drifter. Built 1897, 101grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.97. In service 10.15?1.16 as boom defence vessel.

ROULETTE, hired drifter, Adty No 1064. Built 1907, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1041. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

ROVA HEAD (ex?FOXGLOVE), hired drifter. Built 1903, 58grt, Lerwick-reg LK.385. In service 6.15?6.16 as stores & water carrier.

ROYAL BANK (ex?NIKE), hired drifter, Adty No 1125. Built 1906, 90grt, Aberdeen-reg A.363. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 3.15?1921 as net vessel. Purchased, sold 1921.

ROYAL BURGH, hired drifter, Adty No 2477. Built 1911, 78grt, Banff-reg BF.394. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

RUBY GEM, hired drifter, Adty No 2038. Built 1911, 76grt, Banff-reg BF.364. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

RULER OF THE SEAS, hired drifter. Built 1909, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.361. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel tender. Served as KIDDAW in WW2.

S. D. J., hired drifter, Adty No 1857. Built 1912, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1187. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

SAILOR KING, hired drifter, Adty No 1911. Built 1914, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.28. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

ST. AETHENS, hired drifter, Adty No 2005. Built 1914, 76grt, Inverness-reg INS.86. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper, patrol boat.

ST. AYLES, hired drifter, Adty No 1256. Built 1906, 78grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.122. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

ST. COMBS, hired drifter, Adty No 2401. Built 1908, 90grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.298. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

ST. COMBS HAVEN, hired drifter, Adty No 2119. Built 1914, 89grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.81. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

SAM RICHARDS, hired drifter, Adty No 1563. Built 1913, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.226. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

SANTORA, hired drifter, Adty No 1160. Built 1911, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.837. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

SAPPHIRE, hired drifter. Built 1907, 95grt, Inverness-reg INS.391. In service 1.15?1919 as hospital vessel. Renamed SHALOT 8.18.

SARA, hired drifter, Adty No 2049. Built 1902, 62grt, Peterhead-reg PD.100. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel, water carrier.

SARAH MARIAN, hired drifter, Adty No 1929. Built 1911, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1119. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

SAREPTA, hired drifter, Adty No 739. Built 1906, 89grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1021. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed WELCOME FRIEND 7.18.

SCANIA, hired drifter, Adty No 2986. Built 1916, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.745. In service 12.16-8.18 as net vessel. Sunk 2.8.18 in collision in the Dover Straits.

SCOT, hired drifter, Adty No 1257. Built 1903, 79grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.139. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed SCOT II 6.15.

SCOTCH GIRL, hired drifter, Adty No 987. Built 1910, 76grt, Buckie-reg BCK.67. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

SCOTSMAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2392. Built 1907, 88grt, Inverness-reg INS.430. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed SCOTSMAN II 2.18.

SCOTTISH CHIEF, hired drifter, Adty No 2805. Built 1910, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.79. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SEA FLOWER, hired drifter, Adty No 1062. Built 1906, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.522. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed SEA FLOWER II 3.15.

SEARCHER, hired drifter, Adty No 1123. Built 1908, 59grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.290. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed SEARCHER II 2.18, ATTENTIVE II 5.18, SEARCHER 5.19.

SEDULOUS, hired drifter, Adty No 158. Built 1912, 100grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.2. Armament: 1?47mm. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SELBY, hired drifter, Adty No 2711. Built 1903, 75grt, Peterhead-reg PD.123. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 10.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

SELECT, hired drifter, Adty No 1085. Built 1910, 74grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.577. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?4.18 as net vessel. Sunk 16.4.18 in collision off St. Govan's Light Buoy.

SELINA, hired drifter, Adty No 1411. Built 1907, 98grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.117. Armament: 1?47mm. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

SENTINEL STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2750. Built 1916, 102grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.664. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.16?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SERENE (ex?SUBLIME), hired drifter, Adty No 2186. Built 1907, 86grt, Buckie-reg BCK.74. Armament: 1?47mm. In service 6.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

SERENITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2301. Built 1908, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.1108. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SHEILA, hired drifter, Adty No 2424. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.946. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

SHEPHERD BOY, hired drifter, Adty No 2121. Built 1913, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.561. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SHETLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1858. Built 1903, 77grt, Hull-reg H.723. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

SHIELD, hired drifter, Adty No 2765. Built 1907, 96grt, Berwick-reg BK.317. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

SHIELDS, hired drifter, Adty No 1880. Built 1901, 72grt, Hull-reg H.528. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel.

SHIPMATES, hired drifter, Adty No 1436. Built 1911, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1134. Armament: 1?6pdr, 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SILVER HERRING, hired drifter, Adty No 1893. Built 1911, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1145. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

SILVER KING, hired drifter, Adty No 1509. Built 1907, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1034. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

SILVER LINE, hired drifter, Adty No 217. Built 1912, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1179. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

SILVER PEARL, hired drifter, Adty No 3209. Built 1911, 71grt, Banff-reg BF. 327. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

SILVER PRINCE, hired drifter. Built 1913, 108grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.145. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel collier. Served in WW2.

SILVER QUEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 764. Built 1910, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.655. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

SILVER SPRAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1166, 985. Built 1907, 61grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.175. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SILVERDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 1426. Built 1907, 62grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1077. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

SILVERFORD, hired drifter. Built 1911, 85grt, Banff-reg BF.353. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel water carrier, repair vessel.

SILVERSCALE, hired drifter, Adty No 69. Built 1911, 91grt, Leith-reg LH.12. In service 1.15-1919 as net vessel.

SILVERY DAWN (ex?ST. MUNGO), hired drifter, Adty No 2252. Built 1907, 95grt, Aberdeen-reg A.550. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SILVERY HARVEST, hired drifter, Adty No 1476. Built 1913, 86grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.135. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?5.18 as net vessel. Sunk 16.5.18 in collision off Berry Head.

SILVERY WAVE, hired drifter, Adty No 1900. Built 1915, 96grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.507. In service 9.15?11.15 as net vessel. Wrecked 13.11.15 in Crow Sound.

SINCERE, hired drifter, Adty No 2983. Built 1916, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.681. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.16?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SIXTEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1485. Built 1901, 78grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.596. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

SKIBO CASTLE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 81grt, Inverness-reg INS.160. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel stores carrier & patrol boat.

SLAINS CASTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2016. Built 1908, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.7. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper, patrol boat.

SMILAX, hired drifter, Adty No 3240. Built 1910, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.594. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.15?1920 as net vessel.

SNOWDROP, hired drifter, Adty No 2422. Built 1905, 68grt, Banff-reg BF.34. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel. Renamed SNOWDROP II 8.15.

SNOWDROP, hired drifter, Adty No 1782. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.501. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed SNOWDROP III 8.15.

SNOWDROP IV, hired drifter, Adty No 3251. Built 1901, 63grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.647. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel.

SNOWDROP, hired drifter. Built 1905, 62grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.672. In service 4.16?1919 as examination vessel. Renamed SNOWDROP V 9.17.

SOUTH TYNE, hired drifter, Adty No 2721. Built 1904, 79grt, Milford Haven-reg M.60. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel.

SOUTHESK, hired drifter, Adty No 2021. Built 1912, 93grt, Montrose-reg ME.195. In service 7.15?7.17 as net vessel. Mined 7.7.17 in Auskerry Sound.

SPARKLING STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2562. Built 1906, 90grt, Peterhead-reg PD.120. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

SPECULATION, hired drifter, Adty No 1099. Built 1911, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1110. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

SPEEDWELL, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Peterhead-reg PD.491. In service 1.16?1919 as boom defence vessel. Renamed GODSPEED 4.18.

SPEEDWELL, hired drifter, Adty No 2154. Built 1907, 96grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.201. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed SPEEDWELL III 6.15. Served as ALTRUIST in WW2.

SPEEDWELL V, hired drifter, Adty No 2264. Built 1911, 92grt, Banff-reg BF.328. In service 2.15?10.16 as net vessel. Stranded 28.10.16 on Splaugh Rock near Greenore Point.

SPERANZA, hired drifter, Adty No 1161. Built 1911, 86grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.817. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

SPEY BAY, hired drifter, Adty No 2015. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.601. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SPHINX, hired drifter, Adty No 1928. Built 1907, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.475. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 10.15?1920 as net vessel, examination vessel. Renamed SPHINX II 9.17.

SPOTLESS PRINCE, hired drifter, Adty No 1089. Built 1908, 85grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.88. In service 2.15?10.16 as net vessel. Sunk 27.10.16 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

SPRIG OF HEATHER, hired drifter, Adty No 2262. Built 1914, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.75. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SPRING FLOWER, hired drifter, Adty No 1462. Built 1902, 59grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.735. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

STAR OF BUCHAN, hired drifter, Adty No 787. Built 1913, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.534. In service 1.15?10.15 as patrol boat. Mined 20.10.15 off the Nab Buoy.

STAR OF FAITH, hired drifter, Adty No 2019. Built 1915, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.222. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

STAR OF HOPE, hired drifter. Built 1902, 56grt, Wick-reg WK.76. In service 3.16?1919 on misc. service. Served in WW2.

STAR OF THULE, hired drifter, Adty No 1133. Built 1913, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.55. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

STATELY, hired drifter, Adty No 2183. Built 1904, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.1553. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

STERLOCHY, hired drifter. Built 1910, 78grt, Buckie-reg BCK.65. In service 4.16?1919 on misc. service.

STRATHLENE, hired drifter. Built 1906, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.214. In service 1.16?1920 as tender.

STRENUOUS, hired drifter. Built 1911, 77grt, Inverness-reg INS.239. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

SUBLIME, hired drifter, Adty No 2110. Built 1907, 78grt, Inverness-reg INS.326. Armament: 1?2.5pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SUBLIME, hired drifter, Adty No 2904. Built 1903, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.446. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed SUBLIME II 7.15. Served in WW2.

SUCCEED, hired drifter. Built 1903, 77grt, Banff-reg BF.1399. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

SUCCESS, hired drifter. Built 1904, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.1459. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

SUFFOLK COUNTY (ex?SPEARMINT), hired drifter, Adty No 2405. Built 1907, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.6. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

SUMBURGH HEAD (ex?SUPERB), hired drifter, Adty No 2093. Built 1906, 81grt, Lerwick-reg LK.367. In service 6.15?1919 on misc. service, as hospital vessel.

SUMMERTON, hired drifter, Adty No 2440. Built 1912, 83grt, Buckie-reg BCK.126. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SUNBEAM, hired drifter, Adty No 2163. Built 1904, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.1551. In service 5.15?1920 as examination vessel, net vessel, hydrophone training ship.

SUNBEAM I, hired drifter. Built 1904, 75grt, Wick-reg WK.104. In service 1.16?4.18 as examination vessel. Sunk 16.4.18 in collision at Inchkelth.

SUNBEAM II, hired drifter, Adty No 2973. Built 1916, 85grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.279. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.16?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SUNBEAM II, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Wick-reg WK.638. In service 1.16?1919 as collier & tender. Renamed SUNDORA 8.18.

SUNNY DEVON, hired drifter. Built 1901, 61grt, Wick-reg WK.91. In service 7.15?1919 as mineflelds tender.

SUNNYSIDE, hired drifter, Adty No 2185. Built 1910, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.167. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SUNSHINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2089. Built 1905, 60grt, Scarborough-reg SH.234. In service 3.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Renamed SUNSHINE II 6.17.

SUNSHINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2500. Built 1907, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.510. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed SUNSHINE III 10.17.

SUPERNAL, hired drifter, Adty No 3244. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.750. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.16-1920 as net vessel.

SUPPORT, hired drifter. Built 1907, 100grt, Banff-reg BF.1028. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

SUPPORTER, hired drifter, Adty No 1118. Built 1914, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.119. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

SURMOUNT, hired drifter. Built 1912, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.127. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

SUSANNA, hired drifter, Adty No 2704. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.637. In service 8.15?12.15 as net vessel. Foundered 14.12.15 off Milford Haven.

SUSIE ROSS, hired drifter. Built 1900, 52grt, Wick-reg WK.325. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service.

SUSSEX COUNTY, hired drifter, Adty No 204. Built 1908, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.63. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.14?1921 as minesweeper, patrol boat. Purchased, sold 1921. Served in WW2.

SWALLOW, hired drifter, Adty No 2443. Built 1904, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.1539. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed SWALLOW III 6.15. Served in WW2.

SWEET PEA, hired drifter, Adty No 2153. Built 1912, 73grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.924. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

SWIFT II, hired drifter, Adty No 2026. Built 1907, 101grt, Montrose-reg ME.167. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

SWIFTWING, hired drifter, Adty No 2420. Built 1912, 98grt, Banff-reg BF.496. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

TAITS, hired drifter, Adty No 2155. Built 1907, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.212. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 5.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

TARLAIR, hired drifter, Adty No 68. Built 1908, 80grt, Scarborough-reg SH.1. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 on misc. service, as hydrophone tender.

TEA ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 2267. Built 1911, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.330. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

TEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1052. Built 1910, 84grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.511. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

TERRITORIAL, hired drifter, Adty No 1853. Built 1909, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.339. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

TESSIE, hired drifter, Adty No 237. Built 1911, 87grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.769. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, net vessel. Served in WW2.

TEST, hired drifter, Adty No 225. Built 1907, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1048. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, net vessel, boom defence vessel. Renamed TEST II 2.15.

THAINS, hired drifter. Built 1914, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.183. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service. Served as AURILIA in WW2.

THANKFUL, hired drifter. Built 1907, 55grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1035. In service 2.16?1919 as examination vessel.

THE BOYS, hired drifter, Adty No 737. Built 1914, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.476. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

THE BRAE, hired drifter, Adty No 2382. Built 1908, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.526. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel.

THE COLONEL, hired drifter, Adty No 2468. Built 1908, 80grt, Banff-reg BF. 1140. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1920 as net vessel. stores & water carrier.

THE MAJESTY, hired drifter, Adty No 1033. Built 1914, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.25. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as FELLOWSHIP in WW2.

THE PRINCE, hired drifter, Adty No 1432. Built 1904, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.878. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

THE PRINCESS, hired drifter, Adty No 1091. Built 1904, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.897. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

THE PROVOST, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.545. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

THE QUEEN, hired drifter, Adty No 1492. Built 1904, 65grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.879. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

THE THRONE, hired drifter, Adty No 1884. Built 1913, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.234. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

THERMOPYLAE, hired drifter, Adty No 2352. Built 1913, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.620. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

THIRTY, hired drifter, Adty No 2075,, Yarmouth-reg YH.693. In service 9.15-1920 as boom defence vessel, on misc. service.

THIRTY TWO, hired drifter, Adty No 2090. Built 1902, 80grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.709. In service 9.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

THISTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2740. Built 1904, 70grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.495. In service 5.16?1919 as net vessel.

THISTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2491. Built 1907, 87grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.236. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed THISTLE II 5.15.

THISTLE III, hired drifter, Adty No 1433. Built 1904, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.829. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

THISTLE, hired drifter, Adty No 2861. Built 1906, 71grt, Inverness-reg INS.163. In service 5.15?6.15 as net vessel. Renamed THISTLE IV 6.15. Sunk 30.6.15 in collision off Great Orme's Head.

THISTLE V, hired drifter, Adty No 2032. Built 1900, 77grt, Peterhead-reg PD.390. In service 8.15?6.18 as boom defence vessel.

THOMAS BEECHING, hired drifter. Built 1912, 99grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.692. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel, on misc. service.

THREE, hired drifter, Adty No 1101. Built 1908, 87grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.874. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

THREE BOYS, hired drifter, Adty No 1014. Built 1910, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.736. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

THREE KINGS, hired drifter, Adty No 2419. Built 1912, 98grt, Banff-reg BF.495. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

THRIVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2273. Built 1904, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.1461. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

THRUSH, hired drifter, Adty No 2004. Built 1907, 92grt, Buckie-reg BCK.186. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed THRUSH III 2.15. Served in WW2.

THULE ROCK, hired drifter, Adty No 3110. Built 1917, 98grt, Lerwick-reg LK.663. In service 6.17?1919 as hydrophone tender. Served as LORD HOWARD in WW2.

THYRSUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2366. Built 1910, 75grt, Inverness-reg INS.113. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

TITANIA, hired drifter, Adty No 3117. Built 1906, 92grt, Buckie-reg BCK.195. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.16?1919 on misc. service. Renamed TOTEM 6.18.

TOGO, hired drifter, Adty No 1016. Built 1905, 76grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.609. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

TOKEN, hired drifter. Built 1914, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.103. In service 1.15?1919 as tender. Served in WW2.

TORBAY II, hired drifter, Adty No 1854. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.677. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served as TORBAY II in WW2.

TOUCHWOOD (ex?MERRY SPINNER), hired drifter, Adty No 207. Built 1911, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1150. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat. Served as MARINUS in WW2.

TRANSIT, hired drifter, Adty No 2434. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.497. Armament: 1-57mm. In service 5.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

TREASURE, hired drifter, Adty No 986. Built 1907, 96grt, Buckie-reg BCK.204. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

TREASURE TROVE, hired drifter, Adty No 2176. Built 1908, 83grt, Inverness-reg INS.603. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

TRIDENT (ex?THIRTY FIVE), hired drifter, Adty No 2040. Built 1902, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.1049. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed TRIDENT II 12.15.

TRIUMPH, hired drifter, Adty No 2444. Built 1907, 90grt, Banff-reg BF.631. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel, fleet tender.

TRIUMPH, hired drifter, Adty No 1412. Built 1907, 90grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.568. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed TRIUMPH II 5.15. Served in WW2.

TROPHY, hired drifter, Adty No 2283. Built 1911, 83grt, Inverness-reg INS.261. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

TROPIC BIRD, hired drifter. Built 1907, 96grt, Banff-reg BF.543. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

TROUP HEAD, hired drifter, Adty No 2281. Built 1913, 86grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.559. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

TRUE FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1891. Built 1909, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.423. Armament: 1?12pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

TRUE REWARD, hired drifter. Built 1913, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.172. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel tender. Served in WW2.

TRUST ON, hired drifter, Adty No 2007. Built 1911, 79grt, Inverness-reg INS.175. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

TRUSTFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 605. Built 1907, 95grt, Peterhead-reg PD.177. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as patrol boat, net vessel. Served in WW2.

TRUSTFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 2441. Built 1906, 87grt, Banff-reg BF. 369. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed TRUSTFUL II 6.15.

TRY AGAIN, hired drifter, Adty No T, 1305. Built 1907, 97grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1066. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as patrol boat, minesweeper.

TRYPHENA, hired drifter, Adty No 1252. Built 1906, 69grt, Scarborough-reg SH.226. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

TUBEROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 3245. Built 1909, 67grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.355. In service 1.16?8.16 as net vessel. Mined 31.8.16 off Lowestoft.

TULIP, hired drifter, Adty No 2503. Built 1907, 88grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.201. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?8.18 as net vessel. Renamed TULIP II 3.17. Sunk 23.8.18 in collision off St. Anthony.

TWELVE, hired drifter, Adty No 1484. Built 1901, 77grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.562. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

TWENTY EIGHT, hired drifter, Adty No 1450. Built 1902, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.681. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1920 as net vessel.

TWENTY NINE, hired drifter, Adty No 1511. Built 1902, 79grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.691. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

TWENTY SIX, hired drifter, Adty No 1449. Built 1902, 80grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.678. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

TWO, hired drifter, Adty No 1049. Built 1907, 91grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.211. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel.

TWO BOYS, hired drifter, Adty No 1508. Built 1911, 91grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1157. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

TYNET (ex?COMMONWEALTH), hired drifter, Adty No 2263. Built 1907, 97grt, Buckie-reg BCK.160. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

TYRIE, hired drifter, Adty No 596. Built 1908, 93grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.263. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1919. Served in WW2.

UBEROUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2432. Built 1907, 97grt, Inverness-reg INS.405. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

UBERTY, hired drifter, Adty No 3155. Built 1912, 93grt, Banff-reg BF.484. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

UGIEBRAE, hired drifter, Adty No 2220. Built 1915, 88grt, Peterhead-reg PD.231. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

UNIFLOROUS, hired drifter, Adty No 912. Built 1911, 78grt, Banff-reg BF.395. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

UNION, hired drifter, Adty No 2159. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.722. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

UNISON, hired drifter. Built 1910, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.163. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

UNITY, hired drifter, Adty No 2126. Built 1907, 80grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.162. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, stores & water carrier. Renamed UNITY II 5.15.

UNITY, hired drifter, Adty No 784. Built 1904, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.1568. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper. Renamed UNITY III 5.15.

UNITY IV, hired drifter, Adty No 1874. Built 1902, 56grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.976. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

URSULA, hired drifter, Adty No 1477. Built 1902, 72grt, North Shields-reg SN.343. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed URSULA II 7.16.

VAL, hired drifter, Adty No 2720. Built 1909, 93grt, Milford Haven-reg M.72. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 1.16?1919 as net vessel, hospital vessel.

VALE O'MORAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1383. Built 1911, 89grt, Inverness-reg INS.240. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

VALOROUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2411. Built 1907, 84grt, Banff-reg BF.618. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed VALOROUS II 2.17.

VANGUARD III, hired drifter, Adty No 75. Built 1904, 83grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.693. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as patrol boat, hydrophone tender.

VENUS II, hired drifter, Adty No 1254. Built 1907, 87grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.199. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

VERA CREINA, hired drifter, Adty No 1865. Built 1911, 80grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.758. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

VERACITY, hired drifter, Adty No 1113. Built 1910, 96grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.685. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

VERDANT, hired drifter, Adty No 2712. Built 1906, 87grt, Banff-reg BF.448. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 9.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

VERDURE, hired drifter, Adty No 2188. Built 1908, 97grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.557. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

VERITY, hired drifter, Adty No 1897. Built 1913, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.237. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.16?1919 as net vessel. Renamed VERITAS 7.18.

VESPER STAR (ex?NORTH TYNE), hired drifter, Adty No 1100. Built 1904, 79grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.94. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

VETERAN, hired drifter, Adty No 2454. Built 1910, 73grt, Peterhead-reg PD.560. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed VETERAN II 1.16.

VICTOR & MARY, hired drifter, Adty No 1828. Built 1912, 81grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1190. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

VICTORIA, hired drifter, Adty No 766. Built 1907, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1056. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed VICTORIA II 6.15.

VICTORPID (ex?VICTORY), hired drifter, Adty No 2435. Built 1903, 91grt, Buckie-reg BCK.147. Armament: 1?3pdr AA. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

VICTORY, hired drifter, Adty No 2552. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.669. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Renamed VICTORSIT 4.15.

VICTORY, hired drifter, Adty No 2156. Built 1905, 88grt, Banff-reg BF.32. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed VICTORINE 6.15.

VIGILANT III, hired drifter, Adty No 1394. Built 1907, 87grt, Inverness-reg INS.4. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

VIGOROUS, hired drifter, Adty No 2351. Built 1913, 81grt, Banff-reg BF.568. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Was to be renamed VIZIER 1.7.18, change cancelled 27.6.18.

VIKING II, hired drifter, Adty No 1482. Built 1900, 62grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.309. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

VINE, hired drifter, Adty No 2703. Built 1907, 95grt, Banff-reg BF.886. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 8.15?1920 as net vessel.

VINE, hired drifter. Built 1904, 77grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.127. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel, gunnery tender. Renamed RED ROVER 8.18. Served in WW2.

VINTAGE, hired drifter, Adty No 1803. Built 1907, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.574. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

VIOLA, hired drifter. Built 1907, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.897. In service 1.17?1920 on misc. service. Renamed DYKE 8.18.

VIOLA III, hired drifter, Adty No 2729. Built 1907, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.968. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 6.15?1919 as net vessel.

VIOLET, hired drifter, Adty No 70. Built 1907, 90grt, Leith-reg LH.183. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 8.14?1919 as net vessel, Q-ship. Renamed FIZZER 3.15.

VIOLET, hired drifter. Built 1904, 86grt, Banff-reg BF.1474. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel accomodation.

VIOLET, hired drifter. Built 1907, 82grt, Inverness-reg INS.286. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel collier.

VIOLET II, hired drifter, Adty No 568. Built 1907, 84grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.251. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

VIOLET III, hired drifter, Adty No 553. Built 1906, 88grt, Peterhead-reg PD.133. In service 11.15?1919 as patrol boat.

VIOLET & ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1920. Built 1912, 92grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.757. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 10.15?1919 as net vessel.

VIOLET FLOWER, hired drifter, Adty No 2374. Built 1914, 87grt, Peterhead-reg PD.148. Armament: 1?3pdr, 1?25mm. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

VIOLET MAY, hired drifter, Adty No 1391. Built 1906, 74grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.476. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

W. A. MASSEY, hired drifter, Adty No 736. Built 1907, 84grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1090. In service 1.15?10.15 as net vessel. Mercantile loss 11.3.18.

W. ELLIOTT, hired drifter, Adty No 1092, 1961. Built 1908, 60grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.423. In service 2.15?2.18 as net vessel. Sunk 15.2.18 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

W. H. LEASK, hired drifter. Built 1903, 86grt, Peterhead-reg PD.473. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

W. J. R. (ex?EIGHTEEN), hired drifter, Adty No 1389. Built 1901, 78grt, Peterhead-reg PD.150. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

W. P. G., hired drifter, Adty No 1522, 2734. Built 1915, 94grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.174. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919.

WALKERDALE, hired drifter. Built 1911, 99grt, Buckie-reg BCK.84. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

WATCHFUL, hired drifter. Built 1903, 88grt, Peterhead-reg PD.498. In service 9.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

WATERLILY, hired drifter, Adty No 2171. Built 1907, 82grt, Banff-reg BF.595. In service 5.15?7.15 as net vessel. Sunk 23.7.15 in collision off St. Alban's Head.

WAVENEY II, hired drifter, Adty No 1878. Built 1902, 58grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.745. In service 9.15?10.16 as net vessel. Sank 27.10.16 while in tow to Ramsgate after being disabled by German destroyers in the Dover Straits.

WEAL, hired drifter. Built 1908, 93grt, Inverness-reg INS.534. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

WEAR, hired drifter, Adty No 1012. Built 1907, 82grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1039. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed WEAR II 2.15.

WELCOME BOYS, hired drifter, Adty No 1010. Built 1908, 92grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.11. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

WELCOME FRIEND, hired drifter, Adty No 1020. Built 1914, 94grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.375. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Renamed SAREPTA 7.18.

WELCOME HOME, hired drifter, Adty No 1098. Built 1906, 77grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.402. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

WELCOME STAR, hired drifter, Adty No 2170. Built 1907, 81grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.522. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

WELFARE, hired drifter. Built 1903, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.1296. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

WELLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 2299. Built 1906, 72grt, Inverness-reg INS.1. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed WELLAND II 5.15.

WELWYN, hired drifter, Adty No 1903. Built 1914, 78grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.376. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

WENLOCK, hired drifter, Adty No 3241. Built 1910, 74grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.480. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.15?1920 as net vessel.

WENSUM, hired drifter. Built 1901, 56grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.250. In service 2.16?1919 as examination vessel.

WEST ANGLIA, hired drifter, Adty No 1825. Built 1910, 75grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.528. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 7.15?1920 as net vessel, minesweeper.

WESTS, hired drifter, Adty No 2255. Built 1901, 78grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.459. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

WHEAT STALK, hired drifter. Built 1910, 72grt, Banff-reg BF.205. In service 1.15?1919 as stores & water carrier. Renamed HECLA II 1.19. Served in WW2.

WHINNIE KNOWE, hired drifter. Built 1910, 91grt, Inverness-reg INS.149. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

WHITE CROSS, hired drifter, Adty No 1255. Built 1896, 101grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.571. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

WHITE DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 2852. Built 1910, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.271. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

WHITE LILAC, hired drifter, Adty No 2174. Built 1908, 83grt, Banff-reg BF.1144. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel.

WHITE LILY, hired drifter. Built 1904, 87grt, Buckie-reg BCK.146. In service 8.15?1919 as boom defence vessel.

WHITE OAK, hired drifter, Adty No 2101. Built 1913, 75grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.558. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

WHITE ROSE, hired drifter, Adty No 1810. Built 1907, 79grt, Buckie-reg BCK.120. In service 4.15?7.16 as net vessel. Sunk 26.7.16 in collision off Dover.

WHITE ROSE II, hired drifter, Adty No 1247. Built 1900, 94grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.179. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel.

WHITEHILL, hired drifter, Adty No 2732. Built 1915, 90grt, Peterhead-reg PD.232. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 11.15?1919 as net vessel.

WILLIAM TENNANT, hired drifter, Adty No 1258. Built 1893, 93grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.472. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 6.15?3.18 as net vessel. Sunk 5.3.18 in collision off the Humber.

WILLOW BANK, hired drifter, Adty No 2368. Built 1909, 80grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.518. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel.

WINCHESTER, hired drifter. Built 1907, 94grt, Peterhead-reg PD.410. In service 1.15?1919 on misc. service. Renamed WINCHESTER II 2.18.

WINNER, hired drifter, Adty No 3153. Built 1905, 75grt, Banff-reg BF.1805. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel.

WINSOME, hired drifter. Built 1907, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.912. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.17?1919 as examination vessel.

WISHFUL, hired drifter, Adty No 218. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.661. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.14?1919 as minesweeper, net vessel.

WITHAM, hired drifter, Adty No 1250. Built 1906, 76grt, Scarborough-reg SH.123. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel, examination vessel.

WIVENHOE, hired drifter, Adty No 1868. Built 1913, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.336. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

WYDALE, hired drifter, Adty No 3079. Built 1917, 102grt, Whitby-reg WY.225. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 5.18?1919. Served in WW2.

WYEBURN, hired drifter, Adty No 1962. Built 1914, 94grt, Whitby-reg WY.14. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

XERANTHEMUM (ex?TWENTY FIVE), hired drifter, Adty No 2047. Built 1902, 79grt, Banff-reg BF.552. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

XMAS DAISY, hired drifter, Adty No 1836. Built 1911, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.765. Armament: 1?57mm. In service 8.15?1919 as net vessel.

XMAS MORN, hired drifter. Built 1914, 89grt, Banff-reg BF.102. In service 7.15?1919 as boom defence vessel. Served in WW2.

YOUNG ARCHIE, hired drifter, Adty No 1165, 984. Built 1908, 60grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.291. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel, boom defence vessel.

YOUNG CROW, hired drifter, Adty No 1861. Built 1915, 88grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.457. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 9.15?1919 as net vessel.

YOUNG DAWN, hired drifter, Adty No 2747. Built 1916, 86grt, Aberdeen-reg A.685. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 6.16?1919 as net vessel.

YOUNG FISHERMAN, hired drifter, Adty No 159. Built 1914, 95grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.141. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 1.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

YOUNG FRED, hired drifter, Adty No 1095. Built 1910, 83grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.717. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as net vessel.

YOUNG HENRY, hired drifter, Adty No 996. Built 1910, 91grt, Peterhead-reg PD.124. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 12.14?1919 as minesweeper.

YOUNG JOHN, hired drifter, Adty No 742. Built 1914, 100grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.479. Armament: 1?6pdr AA, 1?2pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

YOUNG KENNETH, hired drifter, Adty No 1076. Built 1910, 67grt, Yarmouth-reg YH.697. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 1.15?1919 as net vessel, patrol boat.

YOUNG LINNET, hired drifter, Adty No 1916. Built 1912, 93grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1174. Armament: 1?57mm, 1?25mm. In service 9.15?5.17 as net vessel. Sunk 15.5.17 by Austrian cruisers off Fano Island, Adriatic.

YOUNG MUN, hired drifter, Adty No 1820. Built 1911, 87grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1147. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper. Served in WW2.

YOUNG ROLAND, hired drifter, Adty No 1416. Built 1908, 57grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.219. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.15?1919 as net vessel.

YOUNG SID, hired drifter, Adty No 1474. Built 1912, 100grt, Lowestoft-reg LT.1175. Armament: 1?12pdr. In service 5.15?1920 as net vessel. Served in WW2.

ZEBULON, hired drifter, Adty No 2157. Built 1914, 94grt, Scarborough-reg SH.103. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 4.15?1919 as net vessel, minesweeper.

ZODIAC, hired drifter, Adty No 2305. Built 1907, 80grt, Banff-reg BF.846. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 5.15?1919 as net vessel. Renamed ZOROASTER 7.18.

ZOE, hired drifter. Built 1901, 65grt, Wick-reg WK.653. In service 1.16?1919 as minefields tender.

 

 

MOTOR DRIFTERS

ABANA, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1680. Built 1902, 44grt, Banff-reg BF.790. In service 8.17?1919 as minesweeper, water carrier.

ADEQUATE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.158. Built 1903, 41grt, Wick-reg WK.109. In service from 11.14. Sunk 2.12.16 in collision off Kirkabista Light.

ADMIRAL JELLICOE, hired motor drifter. Built 1914, 17 net reg tons, Grimsby-reg GY.368. In service 7.15?1920 as boom defence vessel.

AGNES, hired motor drifter. Built 1903, 51grt, Leith-reg LH.351. In service 2.15?1919.

AGNES, hired motor drifter. Built 1903, 51grt, Arbroath-reg AH.5. In service 5.17?1919. Renamed ANGELA 5.18.

AGNES IRVINE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2867. Built 1905, 52grt, Methil-reg ML.50. In service 4.17?1919 as minesweeper.

ALASKA, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3007. Built 1902, 49grt, Banff-reg BF.894. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1919. Renamed ALASKA II 6.17.

ANNIE MATHERS, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2869. Built 1905, 56grt, Methil-reg ML.285. In service 4.17?1919 as minesweeper.

BANFFSHIRE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.159. Built 1901, 46grt, Wick-reg WK.35. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.14?1919.

BARBARA BEATTIE, hired motor drifter. Arbroath-reg AH.7. In service 5.18?1919.

BENAIGEN (ex?BEN AIGEN), hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.160, 4301. 57 net reg tons, Wick-reg WK.245. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 11.14?1919. Renamed BENMORE 5.18.

BETSY JAMIESON, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.153, 4302. Built 1900, 45grt, Berwick-reg BK.7. Armament: 1-6pdr AA. In service 11.14?1919, Q ship.

BETSY SIM, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3018. Built 1902, 53grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.931. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service from 3.17. Sunk 18.7.17 in collision near Haisboro' Light House.

BETTER HOPE, hired motor drifter. Banff-reg BF.1047. In service 9.18?1919 as hospital vessel.

BLANTYRE, hired motor drifter. 54 net reg tons, Buckie-reg BCK.306. In service 9.18?1919.

BLESSING, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3027. Built 1885, 52grt, Hull-reg H.395. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 6.16?1919.

BLOSSOM, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1684. Built 1903, 49grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.964. In service 3.17?1919 as minesweeper. Renamed BLOSSOM III 9.17.

BON AMI (ex?BONAMIE). hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.176. Built 1901, 36grt, Banff-reg BF.486. In service 1.15?1916.

BOUNTEOUS, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1682. Built 1903, 63grt, Banff-reg BF.1217. In service from 9.17. Wrecked 4.12.17 on North Shore, Rhum.

BREADWINNER, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.155. Built 1901, 40grt, Berwick-reg BK.50. In service 11.14?1916.

BRIAR, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.166, 4303. Built 1900, 42grt, Wick-reg WK.343. In service 12.14?1919. Wrecked 29.1.20 off Wick Harbour.

CAMPANIA, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.177. Built 1897, 40grt, Banff-reg BF.1987. In service 1.15?1916.

CELERITY, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.174. Built 1902, 58grt, Buckie-reg BCK.301. In service 1.15?1916.

COMELY, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2868. Built 1904, 51grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.207. In service 4.17?1919 as minesweeper. Renamed COMELY II 6.17.

CROY (ex?WILLIAM BEARDMORE). hired motor drifter. Built 1905, 60grt, Buckie-reg BCK.77. In service 6.15?1919.

CRYSTAL RIVER, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.162. Built 1902, 40grt, Wick-reg WK.113. In service 12.14?1916.

DAISY, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3013. Built 1896, 46grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.691. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1918 as hydrophone vessel. Renamed DAISY VII 6.17.

DAYSTAR (ex?DAYSPRING). hired motor drifter. Built 1900, 43 net reg tons, Fraserburgh-reg FR.410. In service 8.18?1919.

DORELLA, hired motor drifter. Built 1915, 19grt, Brixham-reg BM.136. In service 2.16-1919 as boom defence vessel.

DOVE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3016. Built 1904, 49grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.434. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1917. Renamed DOVE IV 6.17.

EBENEZER, hired motor drifter. Built 1903, 48 net reg tons, Arbroath-reg AH.46. In service 4.17?1918. Renamed EBENEZER II 9.17.

ENERGY, hired motor drifter. 45 net reg tons, Fraserburgh-reg FR.7. In service from 3.17. Wrecked 5.3.17 in Peterhead Bay while on passage to Lowestoft to fit out.

EDITH, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.183. Built 1902, 52grt, Banff-reg BF.29. In service 2.15?1918.

EDITH, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3030. Built 1902, 62grt, Wick-reg WK.218. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1918. Renamed EDITH II 6.17.

ENDEAVOUR, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.163. Built 1903, 36 net reg tons, Wick-reg WK.621. In service 12.14?1916.

EXCEL, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.184, 4304. Built 1898, 40grt, Berwick-reg BK.188. In service 5.15?1919, including as Q-ship (2.17?3.17). Renamed EXCEL IV 9.17.

EXCELLENT, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3032. Built 1904, 61grt, Banff-reg BF.1303. In service 3.17?1919. Renamed SPLENDID 9.17, SPELLBIND 6.18.

FALKIRK (ex?FALCON?), hired motor drifter. 56 net reg tons. In service from 10.18. Sunk 29.10.18 in collision off Kinnaird Head.

FISHER LASS, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3006. Built 1901, 59grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.568. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1919 as hydrophone vessel.

FISHER LASSIE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.175. Built 1903, 59grt, Banff-reg BF.1069. In service 1.15?1916.

FISHER LASSIE II, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.185. 4305. Built 1903, 44 net reg tons, Berwick-reg BK.114. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.15?1919, including as Q-ship.

FLOWER OF THE FLEET, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2910. Built 1914, 18 net reg tons, Brixham-reg BM.33. In service 7.15?1919.

FYALLS, hired motor drifter. 48 net reg tons, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.658. In service 6.18?1919.

GARDNER, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2143. Built 1909, 54grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.61, WY.141. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 7.15?1919 as net vessel.

GLEANER, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.173. Built 1903, 58grt, Banff-reg BF.1087. In service 1.15?1916.

GOOD HOPE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1685. Built 1903, 63grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.332. Armament: 1?2pdr. In service 3.17?1919. Renamed GOOD HOPE V 9.17.

GOWAN, hired motor drifter. 45 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.1830. In service from 3.17. Sunk 17.3.17 by U-boat off Newton, Northumberland while on passage to Lowestoft to fit out.

GOWAN, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1686. Built 1903, 56grt, Peterhead-reg PD.462. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed GOWAN IV 9.17.

HARD LINES, hired motor drifter. Built 1913, 18 net reg tons, Brixham-reg BM.330. In service 5.16-1920 as boom defence vessel.

HARVEST, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1674. Built 1902, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.976. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 8.17?1919 as light tender.

HAWFINCH (ex?HAWTHORN). hired motor drifter. 49 net reg tons, Methil-reg ML.444. In service 6.18?1919.

HEATHER BELL, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2864. Built 1903, 48grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.970. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed HEATHER BELL II 6.17.

HELEN WILSON, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1675. Built 1902, 44 net reg tons, Peterhead-reg PD.301, KY.340. In service from 4.17. Destroyed by fire 5.12.17 at Oban.

HONEY BEE, hired motor drifter. 47 net reg tons, Methil-reg ML.5. In service 9.18?1919. Renamed HONEY COMB 10.18.

HONOUR BRIGHT, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3023. Built 1902, 54grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.189. Armament: 1?6pdr AA. In service 3.17?1918.

HOPEWELL, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.172. Built 1902, 52grt, Banff-reg BF.978. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 1.15?1918.

ISA WILSON, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.189, 4306. Built 1907, 41grt, Berwick-reg BK.250. In service 12.15?1919.

ISOBEL COLVEN, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.178, 4316. Built 1902, 43grt, Berwick-reg BK.217. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as patrol boat.

IVANHOE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.181. Built 1903, 42grt, Inverness-reg INS.429. In service 2.15?1916.

J. D. FLETCHER, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.161, 2066. Built 1903, 56grt, Wick-reg WK.342. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 11.14?1917.

JEANNE LOVIE, hired motor drifter. Built 1903, 61grt, Banff-reg BF.1218. In service 4.17?1918.

KIMBERLEY, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3024. Built 1904, 54grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.302. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1919 as hydrophone vessel. Renamed KIMBERLEY III 4.17.

LUSTRE GEM, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.164, 4307. Built 1905, 51 net reg tons, Wick-reg WK.114. In service 12.14?1919. Renamed LUSTRE GEM II 9.17.

MAFEKING, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.169, 4308. Built 1900, 50grt, Banff-reg BF.430. In service 12.14?1919. Renamed SMUTS 5.18.

MAGGIE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3008. Built 1904, 56grt, Banff-reg BF.1252. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1918. Renamed MAGGIE II 6.17.

MAGGIE JESSIE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3009. Built 1903, 50grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.397. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.17?1919.

MAJESTIC, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1687. Built 1902, 53grt, Peterhead-reg PD.273. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed MAJESTIC III 9.17.

MAJESTIC, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1669. Built 1910, 56grt, Methil-reg ML.206. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed MAJESTIC IV 9.17.

MARCONI, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3011. Built 1904, 61grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.993. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1919 as hydrophone vessel. Renamed MARCONI II 6.17.

MARCONI, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.168. Built 1903, 50grt, Wick-reg WK.201. In service 12.14?1920. Renamed MARCONI III 9.17.

MARY DUNCAN, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1672. Built 1900, 45grt, Kirkcaldy-reg KY.1. In service 5.17?1919.

MARY HENDERSON, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.187. Built 1913, 13 net reg tons. In service 4.15?1916.

MARY ROSE III, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.202, 4328. Built 1914, 16 net reg tons. In service 12.15?1920.

MASHONA, hired motor drifter. Banff-reg BF.1139. In service 9.18?1918.

MAY QUEEN, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.171. Built 1903, 41 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.432. In service 12.14?1916.

MINERVA, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2866. Built 1903, 49grt, Peterhead-reg PD.488. In service 5.17?1919. Renamed MINERVA III 6.17.

NELLIE WILSON, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.157. Built 1904, 53grt, Berwick-reg BK.102. In service 10.14?1916.

OCEAN'S GIFT, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3015. Built 1901, 50grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.863. Armament: 1?6pdr. Renamed OCEAN'S GIFT II 6.17. Destroyed by fire 30.8.17 off the Wash.

OCLEIAN, hired motor drifter. Peterhead-reg PD. In service 10.18?1919.

OLIVETTE (ex?OLIVE), hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.182, 4310. Built 1904, 41grt, Buckie-reg BCK.1135. In service 5.16?1919.

ORCADIS, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1667. Built 1904, 47 net reg tons, Leith-reg LH.373. In service 5.17?1920.

OUR GIRLS THREE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.179, 4317. Built 1901, 48grt, Berwick-reg BK.77. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919 as patrol boat.

PACIFIC, hired motor drifter. 55 net reg tons, Buckie-reg BCK.5. In service 10.18?1918.

PASSAWAY (ex?PASS AWAY). hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.170, 4311. Built 1903, 60grt, Banff-reg BF.1091. In service 12.14?1919.

PEARL, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.167. Built 1904, 54grt, Wick-reg WK.64. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 12.14?1918.

PENELOPE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.201, 4327. Built 1914. In service 12.14?1920.

PERILLA, hired motor drifter. Built 1914, 18grt, Padstow-reg PW.37. In service 9.15?1919.

PERLONA, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.118, 4320. Built 1895, 57grt. In service 12.14?1919.

PETER & JOHN, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.182. Built 1898, 32 net reg tons, Berwick-reg BK.182. In service 3.15?6.15.

PHALAROPE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3028. Built 1904, 58grt, Banff-reg BF.1128. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.17?1918 as hydrophone vessel.

PROVIDER, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1688. Built 1901, 48 net reg tons, Peterhead-reg PD.423. Armament: 1?2pdr. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed PROVIDER II 9.17.

PURSUIT, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.156. Built 1903, 29 net reg tons, Berwick-reg BK.203. In service 11.14?5.15.

RUBICON, hired motor drifter. Built 1898, 52grt, Portsmouth-reg. In service 10.18?1918.

ST. EBBA, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.188, 4312. Built 1906, 38grt, Berwick-reg BK.210. In service 1916?1919.

SISTERS, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.165, 4313. Built 1904, 45grt, Wick-reg WK.90. In service 12.14?1920.

SNOWDROP, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1673. Built 1902, 39grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.392. In service 8.17?1919. Renamed SNOWDROP VI 9.17.

SPRING FLOWER, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.119. Built 1897, 40grt, Grimsby-reg GY.790. In service 5.15?1917.

STATELY, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.154. Built 1902, 38 net reg tons, Berwick-reg BK.178. In service 10.14?1916.

STRATHLENE, hired motor drifter. 46 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.954. In service from 4.18. Renamed STRATHMORE 1918. Destroyed by fire 20.8.18 off Buncrana.

SUBLIME, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.180, 4319. Built 1902, 46grt, Berwick-reg BK.218. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 2.15?1919. Renamed SUBLIME III 9.17.

SUNBEAM, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3025. Built 1903, 52grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.311, alos Banff-reg BF.318. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1918, Renamed SUNBEAM III 4.17.

SUNNYSIDE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1671. Built 1901, 47 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.701. In service 8.17?1919. Renamed SUNNYSIDE II 9.17.

SUPERB, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3017. Built 1900, 39 net reg tons, Fraserburgh-reg FR.803. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.17?1918. Renamed SUPERBUS 8.17.

TENNIE CAMPBELL, hired motor drifter, Adty No 2865. Built 1902, 40grt, Inverness-reg INS.199. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 4.17?1919.

THALIA, hired motor drifter. Built 1886, 32grt, Hull-reg H., also Lowestoft-reg. LT.931. In service 8.16?12.17 as Q-ship, also known as THALES, carried mined nets. Sunk 31.12.18 on mercantile service.

TINA WOOD, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1670. Built 1903, 63grt, Methil-reg ML.307. In service 4.17?1919.

TREASURE, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.151, 4314. Built 1903, 44grt, Berwick-reg BK.231. In service 10.14?1919. Renamed TREASURE II 9.17.

TRUELOVE, hired motor drifter. Built 1902, 54grt, Peterhead-reg PD.452. In service 8.17?1919.

TWILIGHT, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.150, 4315. Built 1908, 54grt, Berwick-reg BK.272. In service 11.14?1920, later as boom defence vessel. Renamed TYRO 5.18.

UPHAZ, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1679. Built 1902, 51 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.837. In service 8.17?1918.

VALKYRIE, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3010. Built 1904, 41 net reg tons, Wick-reg WK.116. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1919 as hydrophone vessel. Renamed VALKYRIE II 6.17.

VANGUARD, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1689. Built 1904, 50 net reg tons, Peterhead-reg PD.47. In service 4.17?1919. Renamed VANGUARD IV 9.17.

VANGUARD, hired motor drifter, Adty No 1668. Built 1902, 47grt, Banff-reg BF.798. In service 8.17?1919 as boom defence vessel. Renamed VANGUARD V 9.17.

VICTORIA, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3022. Built 1903, 60grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.971. Armament: 1-6pdr. In service 3.17?1918. Renamed VICTORIA III 4.17.

VICTORY, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.186. Built 1899, 31 net reg tons, Wick-reg WK.95. In service 1915?1918. Renamed VICAR 9.17.

VINEYARD, hired motor drifter, Adty No 3014. Built 1901, 42 net reg tons, Fraserburgh-reg FR.398. Armament: 1?6pdr. In service 3.17?1918 as hydrophone vessel.

VIOLET, hired motor drifter, Adty No MB.152, 4318. Built 1906, 45grt, Berwick-reg BK.185. Armament: 1?3pdr. In service 10.14?1919 as patrol boat. Renamed PIPIN 5.18.

VIRTUE, hired motor drifter. Built 1903, 54 net reg tons, Banff-reg BF.1235. In service 9.17?1919.

WHEATEAR, hired motor drifter. Arbroath-reg. In service 5.18?1919.

 

 

MOTOR LIFEBOAT

PARTICK (ex?CITY OF GLASGOW), motor lifeboat, Adty No 440. In service 13.6.18?13.9.19. Renamed 13.6.18 when taken into service. Served on Harwich Station as tender to GANGES. Sold 1.5.20 J. KING & Co.

 

 

Reading Notes

 

All ship entries are designed to stand on their own, so that all class characteristics are included. The exceptions are usually ships using class letters e.g. E-class submarines. Much of the background information is repeated for each ship number, but dimensions, engines and armament are only included in the heading.

 

Information for each ship is generally in the order: Name, Type, Class, Pendant or Admiralty numbers and year allocated. Launch date or build year. Tonnage (displacement tons or gross registered), dimensions in feet. Engine type, power and speed in knots. Armament, with guns in inches or pounds, and torpedoes (tt) in inches. Any service information on the ship or class. Fate.

 

For most of the larger warships, far more information (often changing over the career of the vessel) can be found in published sources or on the internet. However, the main aim of this project is to record Dittmar and Colledge's researches on the far greater number of smaller, usually auxiliary and service vessels, that are hard to find.

 

Some information has been obtained from other sources e.g. D, C, Cn etc. Click here for the Sources used as well as abbreviations.

 

Few changes or additions have been made except with two exceptions:

1. Battle Honours have been added, with links to summaries that include London Gazette Despatches, RN casualties, and RN honours and gallantry awards.

2. Where "Old Weather" Log Books have been transcribed, this is also noted.

There is little published information on many smaller vessels, such as trawlers. Some background is available from London Gazette lists of Naval Salvage and Prize Awards.

 

Useful background links include:

Crew Numbers & Types for different Types of Vessels.

Ranks of Officers, Ratings and Boys

British Shipbuilders of the World War 1-era

British Shipbreakers

There is little published information on many smaller vessels, such as tugs. Some background is available from London Gazette lists of Naval Salvage and Prize Awards.



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