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‘Pitgaveny’ BF.151 ashore at Gorleston – Photo 1. 1936
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‘Pitgaveny’ BF.151 ashore at Gorleston – Photo 1. 1936.

Grimsby Fish Docks

From an original, medium format negative.

A steam drifter built in 1909 by Smiths Dock, North Shields for P. Smith and W. Reid of Lossiemouth, Scotland. Later, asPitgaveny’ BF.151, owned by J. & A. Mair, Portknockie, Banffshire, Scotland.

Pitgaveny’ was stranded on Gorleston Beach in 1936 and declared unrepairable. Scrapped in Charlestown, Fife in 1937.