Elcho GN 68                 

Built 1908  Hawthorns & Co Ltd  Leith  (Steel)
   
Yard No 119
   
Owner at New General Steam Fishing Co Ltd Granton  Edinburgh (James Caw manager).
   
ID no 122986
   
Launch Date 12.08.1908
   
Completed 09.1908
   
Gross Tons 155
   
Nett Tons 59
   
Engine 53 hp   T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd  Leith
   
Length 105.4ft
   
Breadth 21.6ft
   
Depth 10.5ft
   
Owners  
09.1908 Registered at Granton GN 68
23.09.1908 In collision 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
Pre1923 Adam E. Noble appointed manager.
1929 Owned by D. A.  Melrose  Granton Edinburgh
Undated Owned by Dow & Lyle Newhaven Edinburgh
05.09.1935 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 Owned by T. A.  Melrose & Sons    North Shields