Good Shepherd
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Good Shepherd is based in Fair Isle, with a local crew and operates on the Fair Isle to Grutness run. During the summer months, it also calls weekly to Lerwick
The present vessel is the fourth Good Shepherd to serve on the route. The original Good Shepherd (1937), a wooden hulled decked vessel was wrecked at North Haven, Fair Isle on January 31st 1937 when she drove ashore from anchor.
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Good Shepherd I 19?? - 1937
The Good Shepherd (K58), a wooden hulled motor vessel, formerly the RNLI Lifeboat stationed at Stromness, Orkney, converted to carry cargo, passengers and mail between Fair Isle and Grutness. Owned in Fair Isle, but registered in Kirkwall, Orkney.
This vessel drove from moorings during a SE gale and was wrecked in the North Haven, Fair Isle on January 31st 1937.
Good Shepherd II 1937 - 1972
Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.
The Good Shepherd I was replaced by the Silver Spray, another wooden hulled decked vessel built by Herd & Mackenzie, Buckie, Scotland in the 1930s, and renamed Good Shepherd II shortly after her arrival in Shetland.
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Good Shepherd III 1972 - 1986
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| Name: | Good Shepherd III Renamed Koada in 1986 |
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| Entered Service: | 1972 |
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| Cars: | 1 |
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| Out of Service: | 1986 as "Good Shepherd III" 2004 as "Koada" |
Good Shepherd IV 1986 - Present
| Ferry Details | |
| Name: | Good Shepherd IV |
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| Built: | Millers, St Monace |
| Entered Service: | May 21st 1986 |
| Passengers: | 12 |
| Cars: | 1 |
| Crew: | |
| Length: | 18.3m |
| Breadth: | 5.8m |
| Draught: | 3.168m |
| GRT | 76.38T |
| Out of Service: | Still in service |
On the 24 May 1986, the specially built vessel Good Shepherd IV entered service. She is a small cargo ship based on the design of an 18m trawler.
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External Links
- More pictures of all four vessels can be seen here.
