HMD Lustring
BT 110/355
HMD Lustring. (No 2003) 03/10/1918
Displacement: 71 grt.
Length: 25.5 m. Beam: 5.68 m. Draught: 2.5 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cylinder compound. 1 x Boiler, single screw.
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: 1-3pdr
Displacement: 71 grt.
Length: 25.5 m. Beam: 5.68 m. Draught: 2.5 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cylinder compound. 1 x Boiler, single screw.
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: 1-3pdr
The wooden drifter Lustring was built by Stevenson & Asher, Banff, Scotland in 1910, Registered in Banff BF195.
HMD Lustring was employed as a boom net barrier tender collided at 7.30pm with another drifter and despite heading inshore, foundered in 14 fathoms, close to the shore off Hellier Holm, Orkney Islands.
All crew were saved.
ADM 1/8496/190 ''Trawlers lost and paid off'' Helliar Holm (UKHO)
The Wreck Today.
There are no known reports of HMD Lustring being located. This is an ongoing project and we hope to have a report here soon.