Alongside in Lerwick
©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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Alongside in Lerwick |
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©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Fort Edward A 734
| Built | 1908 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
| Yard No | 436 |
| Owner at New | United Steam Fishing Co of Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brodie & James S. Melville managers) |
| ID no | 127140 |
| Launch Date | 05.12.1907 |
| Completed | 01.1908 |
| Gross Tons | 208 |
| Nett Tons | 53 |
| Engine | 66 hp T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Length | 115.9ft |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
| Owners | |
| 02.01.1908 | Registered at Aberdeen A.180. |
| 1912 | Harry Alexander Holmes appointed manager. |
| 01.01.1914 | Tonnage altered 208g/79.7n after re-measurement. |
| 04.1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad No.2654) based at Granton. |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners. |
| 10.01.1919 | Owned by Arthur Evans Fisheries Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur Evans owner/manager). |
| 10.01.1919 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| 08.04.1919 | Registered at Lowestoft LT 357. |
| 1921 | Owned by Andrew Lewis, Aberdeen (owner/manager). |
| 14.10.1921 | Lowestoft registry closed. |
| 21.10.1921 | Registered at Aberdeen A.734. |
| 11.01.1929 | Owned by Harrow Baxter Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Alexander Harrow manager) |
| 26.09.1942 | Owned by James Murray Baxter & James Mowatt (skipper), Aberdeen (James Murray Baxter, manager). |
| 07.11.1945 | Owned by James Murray Baxter, Aberdeen (owner/manager). |
| 11.04.1947 | Owned by Cedar Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (J. May manager). |
| 1949 | Fishing from Granton. |
| 1956 | Sold as scrap to ship breakers in Ireland. |
| 12.1956 | Aberdeen registry closed. |