Inchmickery GN 29 nearest pier at Granton circa 1948
© Reproduced with acknowledgment to Walter L Hume Isle of Wight
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Inchmickery GN 29 nearest pier at Granton circa 1948 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgment to Walter L Hume Isle of Wight |
Inchmickery GN 29
| Built | 1911 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd Aberdeen as " Nellie Dodds" |
| Yard No | 470 |
| Owner at New | W H & J Dodds Aberdeen SN 159 |
| ID no | 127122 |
| Launch Date | 24.08.1911 |
| Gross Tons | 220 |
| Engine | 66 HP Steam T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd Aberdeen |
| Length | 121ft |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Owners | |
| 1914 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners |
| 1920 | Ebor Fishing Co Ltd Middlesbrough renamed " EBOR ABBEY" |
| Undated | Clova Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen A 937 |
| 1927 | North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen ( J A Harrow manager ) |
| 1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Armed Patrol Vessel. |
| 1941 | J Bennet ( Wholesale) Ltd Grimsby ( W A Bennet manager ) |
| 1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 1947 | Inch Fishing Co. Ltd, Granton and renamed " INCHMICKERY" GN 29 |
| 1948 | 9th February towed by " Inchture " GN 44 200 miles to Aberdeen through severe gale. Boiler trouble, Skipper Frank Steele Newhaven Edinburgh sent out an SOS , drifted for three days before being taken in tow. No fresh water crew melting ice for drinking water. |
| 1954 | Scrapped by Ship breaking Industries at Charlestown Fife £1300 |