River Tay GN 54
Built | 1918 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as "Henry Butcher" (Steel) |
Yard No | 628 |
Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.3638) |
ID no | 143468 |
Launch Date | 26.03.1918 |
Completed | 26.04.1918 |
Gross Tons | 203 |
Nett Tons | 87 |
Engine | 57 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 115.4ft |
Breadth | 22.1ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
Owners | |
1919 | Sold to the Mercantile |
1919 | Registered at London |
1919 | Owned by Montrose Fishing Co Ltd, Montrose (George Gallie Paton manager) |
1919 | London registry closed. |
26.12.1919 | Registered at Montrose ME 112 |
1920 | Renamed "RIVER TAY" |
1922 | W. C. Simpson appointed manager |
1922 | Owned by Paton's Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow (George Gallie Paton manager) |
1924 | Patons' Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow in liquidation. |
05.12.1924 | Owned by Charles F. Paton, Glasgow (George Gallie Paton manager). |
02.10.1925 | Montrose registry closed. |
03.10.1925 | Registered at Granton GN 36 |
12.07.1926 | Charles Finlay Paton deceased, George Gallie Paton, sole owner/manager. |
27.02.1934 | James Wright (45) 2 Gibson Terrace Edinburgh, 2nd Engineer washed overboard and drowned, 120 miles from Buchan Ness. |
23.04.1942 | George Gallie Paton deceased. |
1942 | Walter Kelso Paton appointed manager. |
1942 | Owned by Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow (Walter K. Paton Ltd, managers). |
24.11.1943 | Wrecked at Ruhna an Ridire, Sound Of Mull during severe storm/blizzard Force 12 westerly. Engine Failure. Crew rescued by Tobermory Lifeboat |