Fern GW 14
| Built | 1891 Great Grimsby Coop Box & Fish Carrying Co Ltd ,Grimsby as "Brazilian" (Iron) |
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| Owner at New | Great Grimsby Coop Box & Fish Carrying Co Ltd, Grimsby (Samuel Henry Clark manager) |
| ID no | 96250 |
| Launch Date | 1891 |
| Completed | 05.1891 |
| Gross Tons | 174 |
| Nett Tons | 84 |
| Engine | 50 hp T.3-cyl by Great Grimsby Coop Box & Fish Carrying Co Ltd, Grimsby |
| Length | 108ft |
| Breadth | 20.6ft |
| Depth | 10.8ft |
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| Owners | |
| 27.05.1891 | Registered at Grimsby GY 321 |
| 03.07.1891 | Mortgaged by Great Grimsby Coop Box & Fish Carrying Co Ltd, Grimsby (A). |
| 03.07.1891 | Mortgagee: John Winteringham (Solicitor) Grimsby to secure £2500 & interest @ 6%. |
| 14.03.1892 | Mortgaged by Great Grimsby Coop Box & Fish Carrying Co Ltd, Grimsby (B) |
| 14.03.1892 | Mortgagee: Arthur Henry Leslie Melville (Solicitor) Lincoln secure £1000 & interest @5%. |
| 22.01.1894 | George Lowe Alward appointed manager. |
| 22.01.1894 | Mortgage (A) transferred to William Nainby, Thorngaby Hall Lincolnshire. |
| 30.03.1898 | Owned by Great Central Co-operative Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby (George Lowe Alward, manager) (Company renamed) |
| 14.04.1899 | Mortgage (B) discharged. |
| 04.05.1899 | Mortgage (A) discharged. |
| 05.1899 | Owned by Danish owners. |
| 04.05.1899 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 05.1899 | Renamed "GRIMSNES" |
| 05.1900 | Owned by Thomas Ridley Oswald, Milford Haven (owner/manager) |
| 29.05.1900 | Renamed "BRAZILIAN" |
| 29.05.1900 | Registered at Milford Haven M 154 |
| 23.6.1900 | Arrived Milford in tow of steam trawler "Dowlais" M 148 (Skipper Frederick Hardisty) having suffered engine damage some 60 miles W byxS from St. Ann’s Head. |
| 15.11.1900 | Off Dock, in harbour at Milford Haven (Skipper A. Abbey) ran into steam trawler "Japonica" M 133 damaging stem and bow plates. |
| 29.08.1901 | When some 170 miles W by S of St. Ann’s Head suffered broken propeller shaft. |
| 1903 | Fleet of Thomas R. Oswald transferred to Swansea. |
| 29.01.1904 | At anchor in strong SW breeze (Skipper W. Postle). Anchor watch failed to keep proper lookout, dragged and stranded at 05.50. am. Refloated at 10.00pm under own power. |
| 1905 | Owned by Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd, London |
| 23.10.1905 | Milford registry closed |
| 1905 | Registered at Swansea SA 6 |
| 1906 | Insured by Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd for £2,250 |
| 1906 | Owned by Glasgow Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow (Charles Finlay Paton owner/manager) |
| 1907 | Swansea registry closed. |
| 1907 | Renamed "FERN" |
| 1906 | Registered at Glasgow GW 14. |
| 15.07.1907 | Stranded and wrecked at Sanaigmore Bay, Islay West Coast of Scotland. Skipper Cook & crew rescued. |