Leaving Lerwick
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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Leaving Lerwick |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Meta Paton GW 14
| Built | 1931 John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen as "Theway" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 116 |
| Owner at New | Crater Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields (Joseph D. Irvin manager) |
| ID no | 148810 |
| Launch Date | 21.01.1931 |
| Completed | 02.1931 |
| Gross Tons | 263 |
| Nett Tons | 115 |
| Engine | 69 hp T.3-cyl by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Length | 122.5ft |
| Breadth | 23.2ft |
| Depth | 12.6ft |
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| 14.02.1931 | Registered at North Shields SN 134. |
| 1935 | Owned by John Craig, Aberdeen (owner/manager). |
| 22.08.1935 | North Shields registry closed. |
| 24.08.1935 | Registered at Aberdeen A.336. |
| 09.1939 | Requisitioned as an Examination Vessel (P.No.FY.1766) |
| 1941 | Converted to Boom Defence Vessel (P.No.FY.127) and based at Scapa Flow, Orkney. |
| 14.09.1942 | Owned by James Craig, Joseph Craig, George Murray & Marquis Sylvester Slater, Aberdeen. |
| 27.09.1944 | Owned by James Craig, Joseph Craig & George Murray, Aberdeen. |
| 1944 | Owned by Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow (Walter K. Paton Ltd, managers). |
| 07.1945 | Returned to Owners |
| 05.04.1946 | Aberdeen registry closed |
| 04.1946 | Renamed "META PATON" |
| 04.1946 | Registered at Glasgow GW 14 |
| 01.08.1950 | Towed S.T. " Walter Paton " GW 11 clear after she ran ashore on shingle beach near the village of Holm, Isle of Lewis while making for Stornoway with boiler problems. |