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 Duthie Shipbuilders Aberdeen |
| Yard No | 428 |
| Owner at New | Wetherly's Steam Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen A 743 (W R Wetherly manager) |
| ID no | 139795 |
| Launch Date | |
| Gross Tons | 229 |
| Engine | 71 HP Steam T.3-cyl by W Beardmore & Co Ltd Glasgow |
| Length | 115ft |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Owners | |
| 1917 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners |
| 1927 | R W Lewis Aberdeen |
| 1928 | 27th March ran ashore at Donmouth Aberdeen. Refloated 5 weeks later by salvage vessel " Iron " and taken to Aberdeen. |
| 1932 | North Eastern Fisheries Ltd Aberdeen ( Sir Andrew Lewis manager ) |
| 1938 | 4th November towed Danish Schooner " Nordstjernen " into the safety of Pierowall Bay Westray Orkney. Schooner lost two masts in severe gale, all seven crew safe. |
| 1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Armed Patrol Vessel |
| 1942 | Carnie & Gibb Granton (Wm Carnie Jr manager) |
| 1945 | Returned to Owners |
| 1946 | George Robb & Sons Aberdeen renamed " VIKING MONARCH " A 25 |
| 1960 | Scrapped |