Doris

iBase ID

261141

Vessel name

Doris

Fishing number

FD141

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

124695

Previous names

Subsequent names

Year constructed

1907

Constructed by

J Duthie Sons & Co Ltd

Constructed at

Aberdeen

Gross tons

271

Length

126.8 ft

Beam

22 ft

Depth

11.8 ft

Engines

Construction notes

Yard No. 271

Owner/Manager

Rossall Steam Fishing Co

Previous owner

Subsequent owner

Date scrapped

Place scrapped

Date sunk

January 1914

Place sunk

Western Hebrides

Casualties

January 1914 - William Wright (skipper), John Talbot (mate), Matthew Wood (bosun), John Stephenson (chief engineer), William Croft (2nd engineer), Levi Leake (trimmer), Arthur Stephenson (trimmer), Robert William Chiffins (deckhand), William Jones (deckhand), George Nicholson (cook)

General notes

DORIS (FD141) came to Fleetwood as a newly built vessel for Rossall Steam Fishing Co Ltd. She was named after Miss Doris Dickinson, daughter of a former port missionary at Fleetwood who was at that time managing director of the Rossall Company. The trawler left Fleetwood on Wednesday 21st January 1914 with a crew of ten men. She foundered off the Scottish coast and wreckage from the ship (part of the wheelhouse, a lifeboat bearing her port number, and some deck fittings) was found floating off the island of Skye. The body of the cook was also found.