Hopetoun GN 29
Built | 1886 Culzean Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon as "Isabella" (Steel) |
Yard No | |
Owner at New | John & Michael Murray, Ardrossan, Ayrshire (owner/managers) |
ID no | 92874 |
Launch Date | 24.03.1886 |
Completed | 04.1886 |
Gross Tons | 103 |
Nett Tons | 28 |
Engine | 35 hp C.2-cyl by J & S. Young, Ayr |
Length | 95ft |
Breadth | 18ft |
Depth | 7.6ft |
Owners | |
26.04.1886 | Registered at Ardrossan. |
1889 | Converted to Beam Trawler. |
1889 | Owned by General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh (John Scott manager). |
1889 | Ardrossan registry closed. |
1889 | Renamed "HOPETOUN". |
1889 | Registered at Granton GN 29 |
08.09.1889 | Arrested along with S. T. "Lamberton" GN 24 and taken to Leith by the fishery cruiser "Brenda" for illegal fishing in Aberlady Bay, all fishing gear confiscated. |
06.01.1890 | Conversion to trawler completed at Grangemouth. |
06.05.1893 | Arrived at Granton with S.T. "Rosebery" (disabled engines) in tow, which had been picked up 35 miles east of the May Island Firth of Forth. |
18.11.1896 | Ran ashore on the Scaw, Firth of Tay in dense fog. Refloated and towed to Tayport for inspection as she was making water. |
11.12.1898 | Fire broke out in the Fo'c'sle, damage estimated to be £100 to £150. |
12.1898 |
John Scott resigns as manager |
04.03.1899 | James Caw appointed manager. |
04.11.1899 | Towed back to Granton trawl fouled in propeller by tug "Renown". |
09.12.1902 | Collided with the trawler S.T. "Mount Viso " GN 56 while returning from the fishing grounds. Bows damaged both vessels head for Granton. |
1910 | Owned by United Stone Firms Ltd, Bristol (William Bryant manager) |
1910 | Granton registry closed. |
1910 | Registered at Bristol. |
1912 | Owned by George Hooton, Liverpool (owner/manager). |
1912 | Rebuilt at Birkenhead (126g/62n). |
Pre 1917 | Owned by The Grain Elevating & Automatic Weighing Co Ltd Bristol (J. E. Kerr manager). |
1933 | Sold a scrap. |
Apparently ordered as a tug by Hull Steam Fishing Co, but delayed and refused due to late completion and faulty workmanship | |