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" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 470 |
| Owner at New | W H & J Dodds Aberdeen (owner/manager) |
| ID no | 127122 |
| Launch Date | 24.08.1911 |
| Completed | 09.1911 |
| Gross Tons | 197 |
| Nett Tons | 66 hp T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd Aberdeen |
| Engine | 117.2ft |
| Length | 22 |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Depth | 12.8ft |
| Owners | |
| 11.09.1911 | Registered at North Shields SN 159. |
| 11.1914 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad No 426) and based at Harwich. |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners. |
| 1919 | Owned by Ebor Fishing Co Ltd Middlesbrough . |
| 20.02.1919 | North shields registry closed, |
| 1919 | Renamed "EBOR ABBEY" |
| 1919 | Registered at Middlesbrough MH 111. |
| 1922 | Owned by Clova Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen |
| 1922 | Middlesbrough registry closed. |
| 07.12.1922 | Registered at Aberdeen A.937 |
| 1927 | Owned by North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen (J. A. Harrow manager) |
| 27.09.1935 | Ran ashore on sands 2 miles north of Belhelvie Coastguard station. Five crewmen rescued by breeches buoy. Skipper J. Duthie and 3 crewmen remained onboard, refloated on next tide and steamed to Aberdeen. |
| 01.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Armed Patrol Vessel (P No 4.157). |
| 1941 | Owned by J. Bennett ( Wholesale) Ltd Grimsby (W. A. Bennett manager) |
| 1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 1947 | Owned by Inch Fishing Co. Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
| 1947 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| 1947 | Renamed "INCHMICKERY" |
| 1947 | Registered at Granton GN 29 |
| 09.02.1948 | Towed by S.T. "Inchture" GN 44 (Skipper Norman Lyle), 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. |
| 06.1954 | Scrapped by Ship breaking Industries at Charlestown Fife (£1300) |