As Viking Monarch A 25

 

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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