'Spes Melior' KY19 in Anstruther, 1930

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'Spes Melior' KY19 in Anstruther, 1930

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Steam drifter 'Spes Melior' KY19 in Anstruther in 1930. On board are Alex Doig (left) and Tam Stevenson (right).

'Spes Melior' was built by Scott & Sons of Bowling in 1919 for the Admiralty as HMD 'Undertow'. After beginning fishing in 1920 in Buckie as BCK368, she was sold to Cockenzie in 1921 and re-registered LH297. She was sold to William Moncrieff of Cellardyke in 1924 and was one of a number of standard steel drifter/liners sold to Peterhead after the Second World War(becoming PD397) then scrapped at St. Davids.

Original from E Doig, Cellardyke

The Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd.

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