From the original negative.
The trawlers are: ‘Defiance’ GY.1377 (1966-1989) ‘Ross Leopard’ GY.491 (1957- ‘Blackwatch’ GY.23 (1956-1976) ‘Lifeguard’ GY.395 (1949-1968) ‘Lord Fraser’ GY.108 (1949-1968)
“I wrote about this being my grandfather's boat - he was the engineer. It was first registered as INS 11 and is pronounced Pit-gay-vnay not Pit-gav-enny.”
Libby Lamb, 21 October 2026
“My grandfather was the engineer on this drifter when she was fishing out of Lossiemouth and then working as a minesweeper at Scapa Flow from 1915.”
Libby Lamb, 20 October 2026
“Stuart sent me a framed photo of the above photo. He was a dear friend of many years through first knowing his dear wife and lovely son.It is with great saddnessto learn of Stuarts death we emailed regularly ,he was a humble lovely person.I am chronically sick and bedbound ,Stuart's emails were always a pleasure to read and reply to.He was a nan of great integrity and humilityand the world has been better for him being part of itHow lovely ifa BleuePlaque could be erected fir himit is richly deserved.A lovely man who will be n greatly missed”
Cathy James, 19 October 2026
Rick9 July 2022
Lifeguard, was originally GY94 until c’1958. 9+4=13 and therefore “bad luck”. Sadly, the uncle (whom died before I was born) was lost at sea in 1962, off the coast of Norway. He was 17. The bad luck, as it were, remained.
