If you can help with any info please contact me. '- - - & when all was ready, Miss Williamina McIntosh, daughter of Mr. John McIntosh, the builder, broke a bottle of spirits on the stem, at the same time christening the vessel the White Rose & wishing her good luck'.
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(First steam powered fishing boat built in Buckie district) Built of wood by J. & W. McIntosh, Ianstown, Buckie, Scotland. Launched November 1899. Official No. 112907
History Built for Johnson & Co. Aberdeen. Partly owned by Mr. John Craig, Torry, Aberdeen, being the original skipper. 1913 owner shown as John Craig senior, 26 Wood St. Torry Aberdeen. Presumably sold the same year to James Muir, Cellardyke, Fife - re-regd. KY 179. Requisitioned for war service 1915-19 (Pennant No. 1247). Anti-submarine net vessel fitted with 6pdr gun based at Immingham near Grimsby. 1922 sold to Pomona Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. Grimsby. Renamed & re-regd. Silverna GY 41. This following information from the 'Grimsby Register of Sea Fishing Boats' thanks to John Wilson. "White Rose" (Official No. 112907) was built at Ianstown, Buckie in 1900, and was registered in Grimsby on 23 June 1922 to The Pomona Steam Fishing Company Limited of Grimsby. The name was changed to "Silverna" with the sanction of the Board of Trade on 8 July 1922. The vessel was altered in July 1922, too (gross tonnage down from 94 to 89.46, net down from 40.92 to 37.56). The vessel was described as "Steam ketch, main and mizzen" and its mode was "Nets and lines".
The vessel was sold to Frank Andreas Peterson of 9 David Street, Grimsby, on 28 March 1925.
The registry was closed on 14 February 1929, when the vessel was "sold for breaking up purposes".
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(The Portessie yard was close by - almost on the edge of the pic below, to the right of the Ianstown yard).
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Thursday June 29th 1899 Messr's J. & W.R. McIntosh Boatbuilders have just laid the keel of a steam liner for Messr's Johnson & Co. Aberdeen. The vessel which will be 85ft keel & 90ft o'all is being built on the shore at Ianstown & will cost £1000 for the hull & £1000 for the engines. It is expected to occupy 3 months in building. Mr. W.R. McIntosh has presently in his building shed the largest Zulu he has yet constructed. She will be ready for launching on Tuesday 1st being the sixth boat Mr. McIntosh has launched since September. She is built to the order of Mr. George Smith "Jeem" & her dimensions are keel 56ft - o'all 74ft - depth 11ft - beam 19ft. |
The McIntosh family had been building fishing boats in the area since around 1830, when John McIntosh began supplying scaffies to the fishermen of the district. They began building zulus of clinker construction around 1883, converting to the carvel method shortly afterwards. Some 120 plus zulus are listed as being built for fishermen as far away as Stornoway. When the keel was laid for the White Rose in June 1899, all the Scottish built steam powered fishing vessels had been launched from large yards at Leith, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Peterhead & several yards in the Fife district. John & William R. McIntosh, grandsons of the founder, accepted the challenge of building a steam powered fishing vessel, which required the acquisition of new skills and equipment, and in doing so pioneered a new era in fishing boat construction in the Buckie district, and probably in the whole Moray Firth. The zulu mentioned in this article was the BF 178 Linnet pictured below. |
CAN YOU HELP? 1913 - 1915 & 1919 - 1922. Fished by James Muir, Cellardyke, Fife, as KY 179.
1922 - 25 + ? Fished by Pomona Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. Grimsby, as SILVERNA GY 41.
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Moray District Library Buckie District Fishing Heritage Museum Banffshire Advertiser David Mair David Williamson Raymond Forward - Hearts of Oak website Roger Griffiths - Ships Nostalgia website John Wilson - Grimsby archivist McIntosh family history sources |