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Jon Forseti GW 16
| Built | 1906 Scott & Sons, Bowling near Glasgow (Steel) |
| Yard No | 194 |
| Owner at New | Unknown Owners |
| ID no | 124157 |
| Launch Date | 20.11.1906 |
| Completed | 01.1907 |
| Gross Tons | 233 |
| Nett Tons | 81 |
| Engine | 85 hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Length | 130.6ft |
| Breadth | 22.6ft |
| Depth | 11.6ft |
| Owners | |
| 12.01.1907 | Registered at Glasgow GW 16. |
| 1907 | Owned by H. F. Alliance, Reykjavik Iceland (Thor Jensen manager). |
| 1907 | Registered at Reykjavik RE 108. |
| 1909 | Glasgow registry closed. |
| 1914 | Owned by H. F. Alliance Co Ltd, Reykjavik Iceland |
| 27.02.1928 | Wrecked and sank at Stafnes Iceland |
| Top Catching trawler in Iceland 1910 & 1911 | |
Special Stamp
Issue in Iceland 2007 |
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| January 1907 marked a turning point in the history of Icelandic fisheries when Jon Forseti, a new 230 ton trawler, arrived at Reykjavik harbour. The trawler was owned by the Alliance fishing company and it was the first distant-water trawler to be built for Icelanders. Fisheries were excellent and the trawler seems to have been fully paid for in a few years. Later that year another trawler, Marz, owned by the Iceland Company Ltd., came to the country, marking the robust beginnings of the Icelandic trawler era. Twenty years after its arrival in Iceland, Jon Forseti went ashore at Stafnes. This accident contributed greatly towards the founding of Iceland's Life-Saving Association | |