Merleton GN 97
| Built | 1915 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as "Star of Peace" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 573 |
| Owner at New | Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Andrew Walker manager) |
| ID no | 137178 |
| Launch Date | 21.09.1915 |
| Completed | 10.1915 |
| Gross Tons | 220 |
| Nett Tons | 98 |
| Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Length | 120.5ft |
| Breadth | 22.5ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
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| 19.10.1915 | Registered at Aberdeen A.481 |
| 11.1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1952) based at Stromness, Orkney. |
| 1919 | Returned to owners |
| 1922 | Owned by Belgian owners |
| 26.10.1922 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| 1922 | Renamed "NOORDZEE II" |
| 1923 | Owned by Archibald Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager) |
| 12.06.1923 | Renamed "MERLETON" |
| 12.06.1923 | Registered at Granton GN 97 |
| 30.04.1927 | Homeward bound from Iceland, ran aground near Findhorn Moray Firth, towed off by Aberdeen tug " Iceaxe" Steamed to Aberdeen and landed 400 boxes of fish for £500. |
| 29.11.1932 | William Robertson (24) Trimmer washed overboard in heavy seas 146 miles NE x E from Girdleness. |
| 1934 | Owned by Wilson Buchan, Aberdeen (owner/manager) |
| 05.1934 | Granton registry closed. |
| 25.05.1934 | Registered at Aberdeen A.55 |
| 21.06.1934 | Renamed "MARY BUCHAN" |
| 1936 | Owned by Thomas Walker, Aberdeen |
| 15.09.1938 | Renamed "STAR OF DEVERON" |
| 11.1939 | Requisitioned as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel |
| 05.1940 | Converted to minesweeper |
| 30.09.1941 | Bombed and sunk by German aircraft off North Shields. Beached on the Herd Sands |
| 20.10.1941 | Handed to the ship breakers and cut into three sections. The remains of this vessel are on the north side of the South Pier at the entrance to the Tyne |
| 27.10.1942 | Aberdeen registry closed. |