Devonia  LH 1135

Built 1885    J. T.  Eltringham & Co Ltd,   South  Shields  (Iron)
   
Yard No 128
   
Owner at New John M. Clark & Spencer Haworth, Leith Edinburgh 
   
ID no 91081
   
Launch Date 1885
   
Completed 1885
Gross Tons 112
   
Nett Tons 14
   
Engine 40 hp Side Lever L.1-cyl by Baird & Barnsley Ltd, North Shields
   
Length 100ft
   
Breadth 18.5ft
   
Depth 9.5ft
   
Owners  
1885 Registered at Leith.
Undated Converted to a trawler
Undated Registered at Leith LH 1135
1892 Owned by John M. Clarke, Leith Edinburgh (owner/manager)
1893 Owned by John M.  Smart,  North Shields (owner/manager)
25.06.1893 Towed S. T. "Marie Roze"  (56g/1889) into North Shields  after a boiler tube burst causing severe scalding to James Roy (fireman) South Shields & Peter Colquhoun (deckhand) North Shields. James Roy died from his injuries as he was being transferred ashore by stretcher; Peter Colquhoun died later that evening in Tynemouth Infirmary.
03.10.1895 Towed into North Shields in a disabled condition in severe weather and had been drifting through the storm for two days. Prior to the storm in thick fog she had been in collision with a foreign sailing ship, causing damage to her steering gear.
Undated Reverted to Tug
1901 Owned by Thomas Hutchinson & William Bulmer Sunderland (Thomas Hutchinson owner/manager)
28.09.1907 Stranded and lost 2 miles south of Seaham harbour. Wind ENE force 4. Skipper W Hutchinson & 3 crewmen rescued.