© © Reproduced with acknowledegment to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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© © Reproduced with acknowledegment to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Admiral Rodney A 199
| Built | 1958 T. Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead as "Star of Aberdeen" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 85 |
| Owner at New | Walker Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
| ID no | 300356 |
| Launch Date | 1958 |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Gross Tons | 249 |
| Nett Ton | 82 |
| Engine | 760 hp 6-cyl 4SA by Mirrlees Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport |
| Length | 115.4ft |
| Breadth | 25.3ft |
| Depth | 12.6ft |
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| 1958 | Registered at Aberdeen A.199 |
| 1963 | Renamed "ADMIRAL RODNEY" ( A. R. Elder manager ) |
| 1963 | Owned by William Liston Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (William Liston manager) |
| 23.01.1966 | Grounded on rocks at Port Arthur, Scalloway, Shetland. Refloated under her on steam one week later and returned to Granton for inspection. |
| 06.1969 | Collided with the Grimsby trawler "Northern Isles" GY 149 off the Aberdeenshire coast. |
| 12.06.1970 | After a five day inquiry into the collision the Grimsby trawler "Northern Isles" GY 146, the mate William Young had his certificate suspended for a year, for negligence in not keeping a proper lookout. |
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1972 |
Owned by Boyd Line Ltd, Hull (William Liston Ltd, Granton Edinburgh managers) |
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1972 |
Renamed "ARCTIC INVADER" |
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1978 |
Trawling from Granton ends. Some ships transfer to Aberdeen |
| 1979 | Scrapped. |
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| As "Star of Aberdeen" | |
| © Reproduced with acknowledegment to Jonleif Joensen Faeroe Islands | |