| The early working life |
| of the "SWAN" |
| (1900-1955) |
In her early days the Swan took part in the spring longline fishing and the driftnet herring fishing from May to September. 
She was soon taken over by a Whalsay crew and Symbister was to be her home port for almost half a century.
She remained under sail, now smack-rigged, until 1935 when, as one of only five herring sail boats left in Shetland, she had an engine fitted, giving her a new lease of life.
After the Second World War the Swan participated in yet another chapter of Shetland's fishing history when the seine net was introduced.
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