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 | |
10.11.1885 | Registered at Leith. |
Undated | Converted to a trawler |
Undated | Registered at Leith LH 1135 |
12.01.1888 | Ran ashore near Anstruther Fife and holed in the starboard side, refloated on next tide and headed to Leith for repairs. |
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. |
1907 | Leith registry closed. |