Arriving at Aberdeen
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Pottinger Collection
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Arriving at Aberdeen |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Pottinger Collection |
Barbara Paton GW 7
| Built | 1957 John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen (Steel) |
| Yard No | 272 |
| Owner at New | Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow (Walter K. Paton Ltd managers) |
| ID no | 300187 |
| Launch Date | 27.08.1957 |
| Completed | 1957 |
| Gross Tons | 273 |
| Nett Tons | 88 |
| Engine | 640 hp Diesel by British Polar type M44M Engine No 342 |
| Length | 115.5ft |
| Breadth | 23.2ft |
| Depth | 12.8ft |
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| 1957 | Registered at Glasgow GW 7 |
| 10.1964 | Thomas L. Devlin & Sons Ltd, Granton Edinburgh appointed managers |
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1972 |
Owned by Boyd Line Ltd, Hull (William Liston & Son, Granton Edinburgh managers) |
| 1972 | Renamed "ARCTIC EXPLORER" |
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1978 |
Trawling from Granton ends. Some ships transfer to Aberdeen |
| 1978 | Owned by Captain Silas Oates, Plymouth (Coastal Marine) for use as a salvage vessel. |
| 10.02.1979 | Sank in Cattewater Harbour, Plymouth |
| Story of her demise can be found here Barbara Paton Arctic Explorer demise courtesy of the www.submerged.co.uk website and Peter Mitchell.. | |
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| As "Arctic Explorer" dry docked at Leith | |
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