Name Shemaron

SHEMARON was a 1949 purpose built ring-net fishing boat. She was built at Weatherheads at Cockenzie for the Sloan brothers who fished off the Ayrshire and west coast of Scotland, through the Minch and also down the North East coast where she was known to call at Seahouses and Hartlepool, and Whitby.

In 1949 SHEMARON was known as Wisteria. She was sold in 1964 after a very successful career in herring fishing, partnering the Watchful. She was bought by the Galbraith family in Carradale and was fitted as a scallop dredger and used for a brief time trawling and prawn fishing. She was renamed SHEMARON at this point.

SHEMARON passed from father to son, Sandy Galbraith, and on his retirement found her way into the guardianship of her final owner.  She was under long-term restoration at Campbeltown for several years, the plan being to restore her as close as possible to her original condition. The forecastle and fish hold remained as built, and the deck was original and unpainted. Her masts were restored using partly original components and she was re-nailed.  

In 2019, the Ring Net Heritage Trust's project 'Bringing Shemaron Home to Cockenzie' was awarded funding of £4508 from 'Salt of the Earth PSG Community Heritage Fund' towards the project.

In October 2023, the Ring Net Heritage Trust found SHEMARON's condition to be beyond repair, and took the difficult decision to break her up.