As Glenburn A 459

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          James Aldridge  GW 40                      

Built 1917       John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 429
   
Owner at New Admiralty      (Ad No 3614)
   
ID no 144325
   
Launch Date 10.04.1917
   
Completed 15.05.1917
 
Gross Tons 221
   
Nett Tons 89
   
Engine 57 hp   T.3-cyl by J  Abernethy & Co Ltd Aberdeen
   
Length 115.6ft
   
Breadth 22.1ft
   
Depth 12ft
   
Owners  
24.08.1920 Registered at London LO 417
1921 Sold to the Mercantile
1921 Owned by Brand & Curzon Ltd   Milford  Haven
02.1928 Owned by John S. Boyle  Glasgow  (owner/manager)
28.03.1928 London registry closed
03.1928 Registered at Glasgow GW 40
1932 Owned by W. A. Mackie, Aberdeen
1934 Owned by Bracken Steam Trawling Co Ltd Aberdeen  (W. A. Leith manager).
23.04.1935 Collided with Peterhead steam drifter "Green Pastures" PD 39 off the Buchan Coast causing considerable damage to drifters bows.
1937 Owned by Iver Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen  (John Walker manager)
11.1937 Glasgow registry closed
12.11.1937 Registered at Aberdeen A.459 
09.12.1937 Renamed  "SILVERDYKE"
11.1939 Requisitioned as Auxiliary Patrol vessel
01.1940 Returned to Owners
Pre1951 Owned by J. Craig & M. J. Slater Aberdeen
Pre1951 Renamed  "GLENBURN"
1958 Scrapped at Hamburg Germany