Merleton GN 97
Built | 1915 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as "Star of Peace" (Steel) |
Yard No | 573 |
Owner at New | Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Andrew Walker manager) |
ID no | 137178 |
Launch Date | 21.09.1915 |
Completed | 10.1915 |
Gross Tons | 220 |
Nett Tons | 98 |
Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 120.5ft |
Breadth | 22.5ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
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Owners | |
19.10.1915 | Registered at Aberdeen A.481 |
11.1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1952) based at Stromness, Orkney. |
1919 | Returned to owners |
1922 | Owned by Belgian owners |
26.10.1922 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
1922 | Renamed "NOORDZEE II" |
1923 | Owned by Archibald Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager) |
12.06.1923 | Renamed "MERLETON" |
12.06.1923 | Registered at Granton GN 97 |
30.04.1927 | Homeward bound from Iceland, ran aground near Findhorn Moray Firth, towed off by Aberdeen tug " Iceaxe" Steamed to Aberdeen and landed 400 boxes of fish for £500. |
29.11.1932 | William Robertson (24) Trimmer washed overboard in heavy seas 146 miles NE x E from Girdleness. |
1934 | Owned by Wilson Buchan, Aberdeen (owner/manager) |
05.1934 | Granton registry closed. |
25.05.1934 | Registered at Aberdeen A.55 |
21.06.1934 | Renamed "MARY BUCHAN" |
1936 | Owned by Thomas Walker, Aberdeen |
15.09.1938 | Renamed "STAR OF DEVERON" |
11.1939 | Requisitioned as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel |
05.1940 | Converted to minesweeper |
30.09.1941 | Bombed and sunk by German aircraft off North Shields. Beached on the Herd Sands |
20.10.1941 | Handed to the ship breakers and cut into three sections. The remains of this vessel are on the north side of the South Pier at the entrance to the Tyne |
27.10.1942 | Aberdeen registry closed. |