37923: Lady Matheson

The Lady Matheson SY516 was owned by Kenneth Smith (Stornoway) and skippered by Murdo Maciver out of Kneep.

Two masts and lugs; fishing lines.

7 tons, 25′ keel, crew of eight.

Lady Matheson herself was the wife of Sir James Matheson, proprietor of the Island from 1844, and on his death in 1878, the proprietress.