fragrance pd

Fragrance PD345, Sk. William George Duncan .. built Irvins 1960, 240hp Kelvin. Launched along with Brighter Morn PD339. Great-lines, drift net and seine net. W. G,s son Peter took over, working mainly seine net, then trawling.
William George fell overboard at sea, and lost his life despite heroic attempts to save him. Only 53.
Crew in photo (on deck L-R) ..
Jimmy (Mealy) Bruce, Eric (Pummie)?, George Lemon, Andrew Duncan, David Lemon, Thomas (Pow's Tam's Thomas) Buchan, Bobby (Rait) Smith.
No radar. Wooden lifeboat aft. Chain steering. Wheelhouse bigger than galley. 10 men in drift crew. Sorry, no private cabin with shower etc!!!! Would you mind sharing with 9 men? Dining area? Oh, just roll out of your bunk, sir. Watch you don't fall into the soup pot! The smell? No, that's not the soup, sir. There are 10 pairs of seaboots on the floor, with seaboot stockings to match, sir. (Maybe that's why she was called Fragrance) Sleep? Not a problem, sir. Just wait till you've hauled and shaken 80 nets!! You've to scoop the 90 crans into baskets as well. No, you can't sleep now, sir .. you've the first watch!!!!

I had good craic with the skipper when he was  in Arbroath GeeBee was one of the last drifters at Yarmouth and the last to drift at the west side, his new boat  the Marigold PD45 was built twice due to the yard going bust

Aye, DE .. ye'd haen a good yarn wi' Peter. Fine lad!! Marigold was PD145. There were a few that did a bit of overland travl before they took to the water in the 70s!!