The name of the vessel the anchor came from was originally called the
"FINTRY", she was built by Lewis Shipbuilders of Aberdeen in 1970. From
1970 to 1997 she operated mainly at Kyle of Lochalsh acting as a passenger
carrier and support vessel to the Royal Navy on the BUTEC Range.
In Sept 1997 she was sold to Serco Denholm Ltd at Great Harbour, Greenock,
here she was modified to bring her up to MCA regulations, while at Greenock
she never turned a screw in anger, 1998 she was transferred to Serco Denholm
Ltd at Plymouth where she operated again as a passenger carrying vessel to
the Fleet, she has since been sold on to another operator.
When she transferred to Serco Denholm at Greenock the vessel was renamed
"EILIDH M" after the Managing Directors daughter.
The length of the vessel is 23m
The breath of the vessel is 6.7m
The draught of the vessel is 2.1m
The gross registered tonnage is 113 tonnes
The vessels is propelled by a diesel driven engine which gave her a speed
of 10 knots, she had an endurance range of 1200 nautical miles, 120 hours
steaming at 10 knots.
She had various types of navigational aids, e.g. radar, echo sounder, vhf/mf
radio's etc.
She had a derrick (crane) with a SWL of 1 ton.
Her crew was made up of 1x Bosun in Charge, 3 x Able Seamen ( 1 of which
did the cooking) and 1 x Mechanic in Charge ( Engineer)
The Anchor is a "Halls stockless anchor", and came with 16mm stud link
chain cable, the weight of the anchor is 203kgs. ( 450 lb's approx)
Her last known skipper when she operated at Kyle of Lochalsh was a
gentleman called John Wiseman, he came from the village of Aultbae in Loch Ewe.
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