Model of the motor drifter boat 'Gleanaway', with starboard side planking omitted

Model, Scale 1:32, of the motor drifter boat, 'Gleanaway' (register No. KY 40), with starboard side planking omitted to reveal the hull construction and internal arrangements, by Philip Arthur Rumbelow, British. Human figures by Barbara Mary Campbell, British. This model of the 'Gleanaway', the actual vessel being built by J & G Forbes & Co. at Sandhaven, Scotland in 1930, is an example of the motor-driven type of drifter engaged in the North Sea fisheries.

The 'Gleanaway' was built in 1930 by Messrs C. & J. Forbes at Sandhaven on the east coast of Scotland, and is representative of the type of motor drifter employed in the North Sea fisheries.

This drifter was 76ft long with a beam of 18ft 9 inches and was constructed of wood - principally oak and pitch pine - with a straight vertical stem and a cruiser stern. For propulsion, the vessel was equipped with a four-cylinder two-stroke cycle, diesel engine, developing 140 bhp at 360 revolutions per minute.

When riding to the nets, the foremost was lowered into a crotch secured to the top of the wheelhouse, and for this purpose the foot of the mast was stepped in tabernacle.

The fleet of drift nets usually consisted of 72 nets, each measuring 36 yards long by 16 yards deep, which when in use formed a vertical submerged curtain extending for about 1 and a half miles.