The Reaper in the estuary of the Tweed at Berwick upon Tweed.
Reaper is a Fifie Sailing Herring Drifter, the most popular design of fishing boat on the East Coast of Scotland for the greater part of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Builder - J & G Forbes at Sandhaven nr. Fraserburgh. Yard No. 13 Keel laid in 1901 Launched in 1902 Registered at Fraserburgh in 1902 (FR 958) and at Lerwick in 1908 (LK707) Purchased by The Scottish Fisheries Museum in 1974 and restored to her 1902 rig.
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Location: berwick upon tweed, northumberland, england, united kingdom,
Photo credit: © James R Gibson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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