As "Fort James" A 818 in Lerwick |
Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
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Mary Wetherly GN 3
Built | 1907 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
Yard No | 434 |
Owner at New | Wetherly's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (William R. Wetherly manager) |
ID no | 123388 |
Launch Date | 13.08.1907 |
Completed | 09.1907 |
Gross Tons | 221 |
Nett Tons | 83 |
Engine | 76 hp T.3.cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 115.5ft |
Breadth | 22.6ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
Owners | |
06.09.1907 | Registered at Aberdeen A.159 |
01.01.1914 | Tonnage altered 221g/80.7n after re-measurement |
04.1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1345) based at Malta |
1919 | Returned to Owners |
25.01.1919 | Owned by James Alexander McGlashan, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
06.02.1919 | Owned by James Johnston, Newhaven Edinburgh (owner/manager) |
06.02.1919 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
14.02.1919 | Registered at Granton GN 3 |
26.01.1920 | Owned by Maurice Wilkins, Manchester (Joseph A. Taylor Fleetwood manager) |
1921 | Transferred to Aberdeen ( Sam Isaacs (Aberdeen) Ltd managers) on charter to Bookless Brothers, Aberdeen to operate from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, in Cod salting operation. |
20.12.1921 | Granton registry closed. |
22.12.1921 | Owned by Andrew Lewis, Aberdeen (owner/manager) |
22.12.1921 | Registered at Aberdeen A.818. |
12.08.1922 | Renamed "FORT JAMES " |
09.07.1930 | Owned by Crater Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields (Joseph D. Irvin manager) |
1937 | Sold as scrap to UK ship breaker. |
07.05.1937 | Aberdeen registry closed. |