Malta II  GN 39

Built 1892   Murdoch & Murray Ltd,  Port Glasgow  (Steel)
   
Yard No 124
   
Owner at New James Muirhead,  Edinburgh (owner/ manager)
   
ID no 97559
   
Launch Date 11.03.1892
   
Completed 03.1892
Gross Tons 143
   
Nett Tons 34
   
Engine 58 hp    C.2-cyl by Hutson & Corbett Ltd, Glasgow
   
Length 105ft
   
Breadth 20.5ft
 
Depth 10ft
   
Owners  
1892 Registered at Granton  GN 39
04.08.1892 Towed Norwegian Schooner "Tobine" to Granton after she had been in collision with Russian schooner "Katrine" 10 miles East of May Island Firth of Forth.
10.10.1894 Collided with S.T. “St. Bernard” GN 44 while transferring fish on the fishing grounds causing damage to her stem, causing her to return to Granton for repairs.
03.10.1896 Ran ashore during a haze at Goatness Dunbar East Lothian, later refloated
01.01.1898 Owned by Muirheads Trawlers Ltd, Edinburgh (James Muirhead manager)
Pre1904 William G. Muirhead appointed manager.
1904 Muirheads Trawlers goes into Liquidation.
1904 Mortgaged to the Bank of Scotland
Post1904 Owned by Samuel James Drennan, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager)
08.02.1910 Skipper John Donaldson at Cupar Sheriff Court fined £100 or 60 days imprisonment for fishing inside the legal limit at May Island Firth of Forth on 1st Dec 1909.
09.05.1911 Skipper Frederick Francis Bray at Cupar Sheriff Court fined £30 or 30 days imprisonment for fishing inside the legal limit at May Island Firth of Forth on 14th January 1911.
25.01.1911 Foundered 9 miles East of Mull Head, Orkney Isles; Sprung a leak after running a ground in St Mary's  Sound sank within an hour ,Skipper Bray and crew took to the small boat, Rescued by Wick drifter "Cordelia" WK 424.  Subsequent Board of Trade enquiry exonerated Skipper Bray of all blame.