In the Eastern Harbour Granton |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alistair McBeath Edinburgh |
Inchmickery GN 29
Built | 1911 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen as "Nellie Dodds" (Steel) |
Yard No | 470 |
Owner at New | W. H. & J. Dodds, Aberdeen (owner/managers) |
ID no | 127122 |
Launch Date | 24.08.1911 |
Completed | 09.1911 |
Gross Tons | 220 |
Nett Tons | 85 |
Engine | 66 hp T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 121.2ft |
Breadth | 22ft |
Depth | 12.8ft |
Owners | |
11.09.1911 | Registered at North Shields SN 159. |
11.1914 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad No 426) and based at Harwich. |
1919 | Returned to Owners. |
1919 | Owned by Ebor Fishing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Charles W. Robinson manager) . |
20.02.1919 | North Shields registry closed, |
1919 | Renamed "EBOR ABBEY" |
1919 | Registered at Middlesbrough MH 111. |
07.12.1922 | Owned by William Ogilvy, Kirriemuir Forfar (owner/manager) |
1922 | Owned by Clova Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (William Ogilvy, Forfar manager) |
1922 | Middlesbrough registry closed. |
07.12.1922 | Registered at Aberdeen A.937 |
1927 | Owned by North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Alexander Harrow manager) |
27.09.1935 | Ran ashore on sands 2 miles north of Belhelvie Coastguard station. Five crewmen rescued by breeches buoy. Skipper J. Duthie and 3 crewmen remained onboard, refloated on next tide and steamed to Aberdeen. |
01.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Armed Patrol Vessel (P No 4.157). |
06.06.1942 | Owned by J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William Alfred Bennett, Grimsby manager) |
1946 | Returned to Owners |
17.02.1947 | Owned by Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
12.03.1947 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
03.1947 | Renamed "INCHMICKERY" |
03.1947 | Registered at Granton GN 29 |
09.02.1948 | Towed by S.T. "Inchture" GN 44 (Skipper Norman Lyle), 200 miles to Aberdeen through severe gale. Boiler trouble, Skipper Frank Steele, Newhaven Edinburgh sent out an SOS , drifted for three days before being taken in tow. No fresh water crew melting ice for drinking water. |
05.1954 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £1300. |
01.06.1954 | Arrived at Charlestown, Fife |
01.06.1954 | Scrapped by Ship Breaking Industries Ltd at Charlestown, Fife |