Running trials at Peterhead
©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Robert Livingston
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Running trials at Peterhead |
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©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Robert Livingston |
Lothian Leader GN 18
| Built | 1959 Livingston & Co Ltd, Peterhead as "Midlothian" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 6 |
| Owner at New | Lothian Trawling Co Ltd, Edinburgh (William Carnie manager). |
| ID no | 300602 |
| Launch Date | 24.04.1959 |
| Completed | 10.1959 |
| Gross Tons | 217 |
| Nett Tons | 90 |
| Engine | 454 hp 6-cyl 4SCSA by Ruston Hornsby Lincoln |
| Length | 108ft |
| Breadth | 23.2ft |
| Depth | 11.9ft |
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| Owners | |
| 1959 | Renamed "LOTHIAN LEADER". |
| 10.1959 | Registered at Granton GN 18 |
| 1967 | Owned by Carnie & Croan Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (William Carnie manager). |
| 1969 | Owned by Croan Trawlers Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (Joe Croan manager). |
| 1970 | Owned by British United Trawlers (Scotland) Ltd, Granton Edinburgh. |
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1972 |
Owned by Lothian Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen. |
| 1972 | Granton registry closed. |
| 1972 | Renamed "BURNBANKS" |
| 1972 | Registered at Aberdeen A.163 |
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1984 |
Owned by Colne Shipping Ltd, Lowestoft |
| 1984 | Renamed "CULEBRA" |
| 1984 | Conversion begins to an ORSV (Oil Rig Safety / Supply Vessel) |
| 1985 | Scrapped at Gravesend before conversion was completed |
| 1985 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| One of the last traditional sidewinders to work from Aberdeen | |