'Vic 27' was built 1943 by J. Pimblott & Sons Northwich, on the river Weaver in Cheshire, official number 168863. She was used as a water carrier at Rosyth and she was retained by the Admiralty until being laid up in 1962. In 1968 she was lying at Ardrossan, still simply called VIC27, when Sir James Miller purchased her from the Glenburn Shipping of Glasgow. In 1969, she was renamed AULD REEKIE after conversion, and used as a youth training vessel out of Oban.
VIC stands for
Victualing
Inshore
Craft (Victual meaning Supplies)
She was used by the BBC for the filming of the TV series of the Vital Spark and this name was painted on her although she never was the Vital Spark.
She was to be renamed 'MAGGIE' after the fictional puffer used in the film 'The Maggie' but was subsequently sold on before this happened.