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            Eileen Paton  GW 22               

Built 1930    John Lewis & Sons Ltd,  Aberdeen as "Avonwater"   (Steel)
   
Yard No 123
   
Owner at New North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen    (John Alexander Harrow manager )
   
ID no 162275
   
Launch Date 20.11.1930
   
Completed 12.1930
   
Gross Tons 260
   
Nett Tons 118
 

 

Engine 74 hp     T.3cyl by John Lewis & Sons Ltd,  Aberdeen  (Engine No.204)
   
Length 124.4ft
   
Breadth 23.2ft
   
Depth 12.6ft
   
Owners  
18.12.1930 Registered at Aberdeen A.142
09.1939 Requisitioned as Boom Defence Vessel (P.No.Z.119) based at Lyness Orkney.
18.09.1944 Owned by Shire Trawlers, London (William Alfred Bennett, Grimsby manager)
05.1946 Returned to Owners
04.12.1946 Owned by John Bennett, Hull (Dagger Line)(William Alfred Bennett, Grimsby manager).
04.12.1946 Aberdeen registry closed.
1946 Registered at Hull H 368
1949 Owned by Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow   (Walter K. Paton Ltd, managers)
1949 Hull Registry closed
1949 Renamed "EILEEN PATON"
1949 Registered at Glasgow GW 22
30.12.1959 Sold as scrap.
01.1960 Scrapped by Malcolm Brechin at Granton Edinburgh.