Welcome to the Granton Trawler website. This site includes information on the trawlers, and the men who went to sea on them from both Granton & Leith. It will also acknowledge the part these trawlers and trawler men played in defending our nation, during the Two World Wars.
The aim of this site is to keep the memory of this industry alive. It is hoped that this site will grow. Any contributions of information or photographs which will help in recalling their history will be gratefully welcomed. In the early years some of these vessels were built as Tugs, Cargo vessels or Long Liners, most of these were and in some cases for a short period only converted to trawling, before reverting back to for their original purpose. Some fished from Granton & Leith but were never owned or registered there. In many cases not all shareholders in a vessel (total of 64 shares) are named but have been included where possible.
This site is a work in progress and will continually be updated. There is still a large amount of information to uncover.
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Copyright is held by the named person or persons. Material for this site has been
researched from books, the internet and given generously by others.
This site relies on the goodwill of people sending in the pictures and
information that are used by this website, consequently it is not always possible to
establish copyright. If you find a picture on this site that you consider you
hold the copyright to, please contact the webmaster at
webmaster@grantontrawlers.com
identifying the image and the offending item will be removed immediately or
credit you with the copyright.
Last updated 22.04.2013