Tied up on the Middle Pier Granton
© Reproduced with acknowledgement Buccleugh Estatates (Granton Harbour Handbook)
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Tied up on the Middle Pier Granton |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement Buccleugh Estatates (Granton Harbour Handbook) |
John Dunkin GW 35
| Built | 1918 Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley (Steel) |
| Yard No | 448 |
| Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.3727) |
| ID no | 143875 |
| Launch Date | 06.08.1918 |
| Completed | 04.10.1918 |
| Gross Tons | 206 |
| Nett Tons | 78 |
| Engine | 57 hp T.3-cyl by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd, Paisley |
| Length | 115.9ft |
| Breadth | 22.2ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
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| 03.1919 | Renamed "PEKIN" loaned to US Navy. |
| 05.1919 | Reverted to "John Dunkin". |
| 08.1919 | Returned to Royal Navy |
| 03.06.1920 | Registered at London LO 367 |
| 1921 | Sold to the Mercantile |
| 1921 | Owned by John Stewart Boyle, Glasgow (owner/manager) |
| 09.12.1921 |
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| 12.1921 | Registered at Glasgow GW 35. |
| 12.01.1927 | Ran aground on rocks in Sound of Islay, damaging propeller and rudder. Skipper Hall returned to Ayr for repairs to keel. |
| 03.09.1929 | Skipper Adam Forbes, ran aground on Black Reef rocks, Sound of Islay. |
| 04.09.1929 | Refloated and proceeded under own steam to Ayr. |
| 14.09.1935 | John Stewart Boyle deceased, executor Mrs Isabella S. Boyle, Glasgow |
| 1935 | Richard Allen appointed manager. |
| 1935 | Owned by John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow (Richard Allen manager). |
| 1940 | Owned by W. Livingstone, Aberdeen |
| 11.02.1941 | Sunk by aircraft gunfire 13 miles N x E from Buckie Harbour, one crewman lost, eight survivors. |