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colour slide showing the trawler Strathelliot in Aberdeen harbour
STRATHELLIOT
colour slide showing the trawler Strathelliot in Aberdeen harbour
colour slide showing the trawler Strathelliot in Aberdeen harbour

STRATHELLIOT

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date25 September 1968
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 87'
gross tonnage: 114 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002703
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 356

Fate: Scrapped in Sunderland, 1987.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Side trawler, 1 deck.

Owners:
1968: Alexander Bruce and others, fishing number, A446
1978: J. Craig & Sons, Aberdeen
1978: Spinningdale Fishing Co. before being owned again by J. Craig & Sons in the same year, then back to Spinningdale (Aberdeen Holdings) and others in 1981.
1982: Seaward Fishing.

General History:
STRATHELLIOT was one of the Mark 1 pocket trawlers built by John Lewis & Sons who then developed the Mark 2 and 3.

On 15 April 1978 STRATHELLIOT stranded on Holborn Head and refloated with loss of steering, having lost both her rudder and part of her propeller, she was towed to Scrabster harbour by the Thurso lifeboat.

Due to severe engine and gearbox damage she was towed to Sunderland and scrapped in 1987. She was replaced by a 55ft Buckie built forward wheelhouse trawler. (Source: trawlerphotos.co.uk)

Notes:
Sea trial - average speed 10.65 knots.
Engine number 426, Lister Blackstone ERS6MG/R3
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