Albatross GN 13

At Milford Haven

Albatross GN 13

Built	1884 S. Lake & Co Ltd, (Castle Steel & Iron Works) Castle Pill Milford Haven (Iron)

Yard No

Owner at New	Francis Mowatt, London & Samuel Seko, Milford Haven ( Samuel Seko manager )

ID no	82978

Launch Date	01.12.1883

Completed	05.1884

Gross Tons	105

Nett Tons	45

Engine	25 hp C.2-cyl by J. Watt & Co, Birmingham

Length	88.6ft

Breadth	20.1ft

Depth	10.6ft

Owners
28.05.1884	Registered at Milford Haven M 2.
04.1887	Owned by James Muirhead, Edinburgh (owner/manager).
04.1887	Milford registry closed.
18.04.1887	Registered at Granton GN 13.
06.06.1890	Ran ashore in dense fog NE end of Inchkeith refloated on rising tide.
01.09.1890	Skipper William Lewis fined £5 or 30 days imprisonment for fishing illegally inside 3 mile limit at St Andrew Bay on 10th June 1890.
10.10.1890	Towed disabled (Broken crankshaft) by the S.T. "Malta" GN 22 to Granton from the Bell Rock.
11.08.1892	Struck Craig Rock near North Berwick, engines put full astern and she came off but was leaking, returned to Granton and was beached for inspection. Forefoot had been carried away and several plates were damaged.
29.03.1893	Ran aground on Inchkeith during thick fog while returning from the fishing grounds. Refloated at high tide.
30.05.1893	Towed into Granton from 30 miles east of May Island Firth of Forth with disabled machinery by S.T. "Pioneer" of North Shields.
13.01.1894	Towed into Granton from 30 miles east of May Island Firth of Forth with a broken crankshaft by S.T. "St Bernard" GN 44, placed on the patent slip for repair prior to a new Boiler being fitted.
13.03.1894	Sailed Grangemouth Dockyard for trials on new boiler and engine built by Hutson & Son, Glasgow.
17.07.1896	Cook fell down hold while going to the Fo'c'sle cabin. He was placed onboard the fish carrying S.T. "Malta" GN 22 and landed at Granton from where he was transferred to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
01.01.1898	Owned by Muirheads Trawlers Ltd, Edinburgh (James Muirhead manager).
16.12.1898	Rescued the crew off the steam liner "East Neuk" KY 546 after she stranded on the North Carr rock, the abandoned vessel was ater taken in tow by a fishing yawl to Arbroath.
13.06.1900	Skipper John Smith fined £25 or 30 days imprisonment at Cupar Sheriff court for fishing within the 3 mile limit on the Fifeshire coast.
15.08.1900	Skipper William Lewis at Cupar Sheriff court fined £25 or 14 days imprisonment for fishing 5 miles inside the legal limit at Inchkeith Firth of Forth on 1st July (vessel reported to the authorities by skipper Gillies of the Largo based yacht “Semi Quaver”).
26.04.1904	Skipper John Donaldson at Cupar Sheriff court fined £80 or 40 days imprisonment (for each offence and confiscated all fishing gear) for fishing inside the legal limit in St. Andrews Bay on 18th June 1904 and in Carnoustie Bay on the 11th June 1904.
Pre1904	William G. Muirhead appointed manager.
1904	Muirheads Trawlers goes into Liquidation.
1904	Mortgaged to the North of Scotland Bank, Aberdeen.
Pre1906	Owned by Daniel Green, Glasgow (owner manager).
Pre1907	Owned by Colin R. Sellar, Peterhead (owner/manager).
1907	Granton registry closed.
1907	Registered at Peterhead PD 159.
15.02.1912	Owned by Lighthouse Fishing Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Colin R. Sellar Peterhead, manager).
1916	Peterhead registry closed.
1916	Registered at Great Yarmouth YH 125.
1917	Owned by Edmund A. Baker, Great Yarmouth
29.05.1917	Requisitioned as a Fishery Reserve Vessel.
10.10.1918	Owned by Robert John Balls Jnr, Tynemouth Northumberland (formerly Great Yarmouth) (owner/manager)
10.10.1918	Great Yarmouth registry closed.
10.10.1918	Registered at North Shields SN 375.
1919	Returned to Owners.
20.04.1919	Owned by William Rayner & Robert Boyle, North Shields (Robert Boyle manager).
19.06.1920	Lost in unknown circumstances.
20.06.1920	North Shields registry closed.


	First trawler registered at Granton with a fishing No