Fragrant Rose BCK 64

I remeber her landing scallops at Garlieston in the 70's, she was registered B74 then.

White painted latterly while in Buckie, and nae jist tidy, but immaculate  ...always...

She has the bonnie lines of a Herdies build.

remember this was at the herring  at douglas banks  in the seventry. had two owners     for he time in portavogie was owned first   by the  late ebbie mc  whinnney,   then roy shaw..

Similar shape and wheelhouse to Castle Vale.

BOB

yes she work    at the queenies      in the 70 esh       as working on differnce    boat
  but fished along side here . good money to be made    then .good     wages     then.many time    tied along   side her. in  garlieston.

yes castle vale       belong   to   rick donnan of whitehaven  as did  the castle    ones ,,// castle bay/ castle rock/ ect.

Last I saw of her was in FR, under DJ Forman . Think her name was Mary Elspeth. Up for correction.
As Baggywrinkle says,when in Buckie, she was immac. Pride o' the fleet. Owned by Willie John Smith. Fine man.
In the pic .. a fine example o' a "baggywrinkle", Baggywrinkle!!!!

Ay Gee Bee, just as you say, baggywrinkle just to perfection, but for me , there was one thing that I didna care so mutch for, was her style of caisson. I didna care for that style far they sloped slightly back at the fore side, I preffered the  Irvins PD style of the very early 60s like GRACEFUL, HONEY BEE, HONEYBOURNE,GOLDEN VENTURE etc ,with  dark stained wooden framed windows and sloping the other way, giving a better view of the deck. Having said all that,it was still the same caisson she had right to the end when she was lying in the Broch, as you say, called MARY  ELSPETH, and most unusually, but for obvious reasons had ST FERGUS on her stern..

Got ye fine, Baden. I actually thought the Herdies' "caravan" caissons looked well. They were alloy, and originally had problems where they joined the steel poopdeck. I suppose caissons have evolved with changes in the job. The older style made no provision for seeing what was happening on the quarter. As most of the work (gearwise) is now over the stern, it's only logical that the wheelhouse has all round vision .. more so looking aft. So a modern wheelhouse is more like a hot-house .. all glass. I was once on an Icelandic trawler, fishing NW of Snaefellsjokull, and the port side of the bridge was dedicated to growing plants .. even tomatoes!!