Elcho GN 68                 

Built 1908  Hawthorns & Co Ltd  Leith
   
Yard No 119
   
Owner at New General Steam Fishing Co Ltd    Granton  Edinburgh  GN 68
   
ID no 122986
   
Launch Date 12.08.01908
   
Gross Tons 155
   
Engine 53 HP Steam      T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd  Leith
   
Length 105ft
   
Breadth 22ft
   
Owners  
1908 23rd September collided with unknown steamer in dense fog 14 miles ESE from Bass Rock. Sustained damage to starboard quarter.
1914 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper
1919 Returned to Owners
Undated Dow & Lyle Newhaven
1929 D A Melrose  Granton
1935 5th September collided with and sank steam drifter "Lord Lovat" 16 miles off Tynemouth in pitch darkness while fishing. Two of the drifters crew were lost Harold Barber & Michael Buck from Lowestoft seven others rescued.
1941 T A Melrose & Sons    North Shields