As "Summer Rose" entering Yarmouth

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Ally Flett and his Father

Craigleith  LH 255

Built 1919     Isaac Pimblott & Sons, Northwich as "Stern Wave"   (Steel)
   
Yard No 357
   
Owner at New Admiralty  (Ad.No.357)
   
ID no 145542
   
Launch Date 1919
   
Completed 27.03.1920 as a fishing vessel
   
Gross Tons 96
   
Nett Tons 43
   
Engine 34 hp   C.2-cyl by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow.
   
Length 86.5ft
   
Breadth 18.5ft
   
Depth 9.4ft
   
Owners  
25.08.1920

Handed over to Fisheries Board of Scotland for disposal to the Mercantile

1920 Owned by A. Wares & Charles Cluness, Newhaven Edinburgh.
1921 Renamed "CRAIGLEITH"
1921 Registered at Leith  LH 255.
1922 Owned by Scottish Steam Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Peterhead (John Sutherland manager) .
1922 Leith registry closed.
1922 Renamed "SUMMER ROSE"
1922 Registered at Peterhead PD 594.
1930 Fishing  from Fleetwood  ( Alex Keay agents )
01.10.1939 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
13.10.1940 Lost, mined off Sunderland, two crewmen lost (James Southern, Engineman; Frank Paget, Stoker)