© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Joe Kerr

Seen Landing at the Albert Basin Leith

 

Summerlee  LH 65

Built 1956  John Lewis & Sons Ltd  Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 244
   
Owner at New William Liston Ltd  Newhaven Edinburgh (William Liston manager)
   
ID no 186649
   
Launch Date 24.04.1956
   
Completed 1956
   
Gross Tons 274
   
Nett Tons 86
   
Engine 640 hp  4cyl 2SA M44M by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow        Engine number 331
   
Length 115.4ft
   
Breadth 25.1ft
   
Depth 12.9ft
 

 

Owners  
1956 Registered at Leith LH 65
09.07.1960 Skipper James Mason fined £2000 and his catch & fishing gear confiscated in a Thorshavn court for illegally fishing inside the Faeroese six mile limit.
1963 Owned by Craig Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen  
1963 Leith registry closed.
1963 Registered at Aberdeen  A.577
04.10.1963 Skipper James Mason awarded £3730 by Danish Court in Copenhagen for his wrongful detention and gear consficaion in 1960.
1974 Owned by British United Trawlers Ltd (Scotland) Ltd, Aberdeen
1978 Sold as scrap.
   
 
  Running trials at Aberdeen
   © Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Jenson Faeroe Islands
   
 
  Leaving Aberdeen as A 577
  © Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Jenson Faeroe Islands