As Viking Monarch A 25
© Reproduced with acknowledgment to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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As Viking Monarch A 25 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgment to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Agnes H Wetherly GN 28
| Built | 1917 John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd Aberdeen (Steel) |
| Yard No | 428 |
| Owner at New | Wetherly's Steam Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen (W. R. Wetherly manager) |
| ID no | 139795 |
| Launch Date | 1917 |
| Completed | 03.1917 |
| Gross Tons | 229 |
| Nett Tons | 47 |
| Engine | 71hp T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd Glasgow |
| Length | 115.1ft |
| Breadth | 22.7ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
| Owners | |
| 30.03.1917 | Registered at Aberdeen A.743. |
| 05.1917 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad No 3041) based in Egypt. |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners |
| 1927 | Owned by R W Lewis Aberdeen |
| 27.03.1928 | Ran ashore at Donmouth Aberdeen. Refloated 5 weeks later by salvage vessel "Iron" and taken to Aberdeen. |
| 1932 | Owned by North Eastern Fisheries Ltd Aberdeen ( Sir Andrew Lewis manager ) |
| 04.11.1938 | Towed Danish Schooner "Nordstjernen" into the safety of Pierowall Bay, Westray Orkney. Schooner lost two masts in severe gale, all seven crew safe. |
| 06.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Armed Patrol Vessel |
| 1942 | Owned by Carnie & Gibb Granton (Wm Carnie Jnr manager) GN 28. |
| 12.1945 | Returned to Owners (When requisitioned in 1940, initial letter H was dropped.) |
| 1946 | Owned by George Robb & Sons Aberdeen (George Robb manager) |
| 1946 | Renamed "VIKING MONARCH" |
| 1946 | Registered at Aberdeen A.25 |
| 1960 | Scrapped |