At Milford Haven |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stevenson Collection & Milford Trawler website |
Albatross GN 13
Built | 1884 S. Lake & Co Ltd, (Castle Steel & Iron Works) Castle Pill Milford Haven (Iron) |
Yard No | |
Owner at New | Francis Mowatt, London & Samuel Seko, Milford Haven ( Samuel Seko manager ) |
ID no | 82978 |
Launch Date | 01.12.1883 |
Completed | 05.1884 |
Gross Tons | 105 |
Nett Tons | 45 |
Engine | 25 hp C.2-cyl by J. Watt & Co, Birmingham |
Length | 88.6ft |
Breadth | 20.1ft |
Depth | 10.6ft |
Owners | |
28.05.1884 | Registered at Milford Haven M 2. |
04.1887 | Owned by James Muirhead, Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
04.1887 | Milford registry closed. |
18.04.1887 | Registered at Granton GN 13. |
06.06.1890 | Ran ashore in dense fog NE end of Inchkeith refloated on rising tide. |
01.09.1890 | Skipper William Lewis fined £5 or 30 days imprisonment for fishing illegally inside 3 mile limit at St Andrew Bay on 10th June 1890. |
10.10.1890 | Towed disabled (Broken crankshaft) by the S.T. "Malta" GN 22 to Granton from the Bell Rock. |
11.08.1892 | Struck Craig Rock near North Berwick, engines put full astern and she came off but was leaking, returned to Granton and was beached for inspection. Forefoot had been carried away and several plates were damaged. |
29.03.1893 | Ran aground on Inchkeith during thick fog while returning from the fishing grounds. Refloated at high tide. |
30.05.1893 | Towed into Granton from 30 miles east of May Island Firth of Forth with disabled machinery by S.T. "Pioneer" of North Shields. |
13.01.1894 | Towed into Granton from 30 miles east of May Island Firth of Forth with a broken crankshaft by S.T. "St Bernard" GN 44, placed on the patent slip for repair prior to a new Boiler being fitted. |
13.03.1894 | Sailed Grangemouth Dockyard for trials on new boiler and engine built by Hutson & Son, Glasgow. |
17.07.1896 | Cook fell down hold while going to the Fo'c'sle cabin. He was placed onboard the fish carrying S.T. "Malta" GN 22 and landed at Granton from where he was transferred to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. |
01.01.1898 | Owned by Muirheads Trawlers Ltd, Edinburgh (James Muirhead manager). |
16.12.1898 | Rescued the crew off the steam liner "East Neuk" KY 546 after she stranded on the North Carr rock, the abandoned vessel was ater taken in tow by a fishing yawl to Arbroath. |
13.06.1900 | Skipper John Smith fined £25 or 30 days imprisonment at Cupar Sheriff court for fishing within the 3 mile limit on the Fifeshire coast. |
15.08.1900 | Skipper William Lewis at Cupar Sheriff court fined £25 or 14 days imprisonment for fishing 5 miles inside the legal limit at Inchkeith Firth of Forth on 1st July (vessel reported to the authorities by skipper Gillies of the Largo based yacht “Semi Quaver”). |
26.04.1904 | Skipper John Donaldson at Cupar Sheriff court fined £80 or 40 days imprisonment (for each offence and confiscated all fishing gear) for fishing inside the legal limit in St. Andrews Bay on 18th June 1904 and in Carnoustie Bay on the 11th June 1904. |
Pre1904 | William G. Muirhead appointed manager. |
1904 | Muirheads Trawlers goes into Liquidation. |
1904 | Mortgaged to the North of Scotland Bank, Aberdeen. |
Pre1906 | Owned by Daniel Green, Glasgow (owner manager). |
Pre1907 | Owned by Colin R. Sellar, Peterhead (owner/manager). |
1907 | Granton registry closed. |
1907 | Registered at Peterhead PD 159. |
15.02.1912 |
Owned by Lighthouse Fishing Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Colin R. Sellar Peterhead, manager). |
1916 | Peterhead registry closed. |
1916 | Registered at Great Yarmouth YH 125. |
1917 | Owned by Edmund A. Baker, Great Yarmouth |
29.05.1917 | Requisitioned as a Fishery Reserve Vessel. |
10.10.1918 | Owned by Robert John Balls Jnr, Tynemouth Northumberland (formerly Great Yarmouth) (owner/manager) |
10.10.1918 | Great Yarmouth registry closed. |
10.10.1918 | Registered at North Shields SN 375. |
1919 | Returned to Owners. |
20.04.1919 | Owned by William Rayner & Robert Boyle, North Shields (Robert Boyle manager). |
19.06.1920 | Lost in unknown circumstances. |
20.06.1920 | North Shields registry closed. |
First trawler registered at Granton with a fishing No | |