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I think this is one is nearer home and maby I have already put her on before, is hid ane o the trawlers lost on Torness?.
Seem tae mind that flag on the funnel fae a time afore.
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Picture added on 06 September 2011 at 12:44
Winder if that wid be the Dorby or the Strathcoe?
Added by Keith Dempsey on 08 September 2011
I would say it was the Hull trawler "Dorbie"
The Strathcoe was lost at the Geo of the Lame
The Strathcoe was lost at the Geo of the Lame
Added by Stewart Taylor on 08 September 2011
At the Kirn wis the Dorbie
Anonymous comment added on 08 September 2011
Could be the " Bracken Moor"
Added by Fred Johnston on 09 September 2011
Anchor chain still in the Kirn. Bits of the bow were still there in the 80's
Added by Willie Watters on 09 September 2011
Believed to be the Aberdeen steam trawler STRATHALFORD A50 that was lost in Wick bay when she went ashore 30th April 1940 Sadly some of the crew members lost their lives in the incident.
Added by Allan Besant on 20 November 2011
Further info, She belonged to Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Co Two White bands on a black funnel.
Added by Allan Besant on 20 November 2011
This is the Aberdeen trawler A50 Strathalford skipper John Wood ran aground 1940 with the loss of 3 of the crew skipper survived.
Added by Henry Wood on 02 December 2017
Hi, the vessel is the Strathalford A50. The Skipper was my Grandfather born Cellardyke 1888-died in Aberdeen 1960.
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Added by NORMAN GEORGE WOOD on 08 July 2020
Hoy and Walls
