Hawk LH

Built 1882        A. G. Gifford & Co Ltd, Leith Edinburgh        (Wood)
   
Yard No  
   
Owner at New Scottish Steam Fishing & Shipping Co Ltd, Edinburgh
   
ID no 84940
   
Launch Date 07.04.1882
   
Completed 1882
   
Gross Tons 83
   
Nett Tons 24
   
Engine 25 hp  C.2-cyl  by Walker Henderson & Co, Glasgow
   
Length 87.2ft
   
Breadth 18.1ft
   
Depth 9.5ft
   
Owners  
1882 Registered at Leith LH?
19.09.1882 Towed back to Leith by tug "Royal Albert" of Newcastle after her cylinder cover was blown off in an explosion while fishing near the May Island Firth of Forth, no other damage was done and no one was injured.
03.10.1882 Towed disabled by the S. T. "Douglas" GN 14 into Granton harbour.
02.03.1883 Ran ashore during dense fog on May Island Firth of Forth. Refloated, returned to Granton and placed on the slip to have several planks on port side repaired.
17.06.1885 Advertised for sale by private bargain in the Scotsman
1885 Scottish Steam Fishing & Shipping Co Ltd, Edinburgh dissolved.
1885 Owned by Mercader & Higos, San Sebastian, Spain
08.1885 Sheathed in yellow metal.
22.09.1885 Sailed Leith for San Sebastian Spain in company with "Falcon" & "Kestrel".
1885 Leith registry closed.
1885 Registered at San Sebastian
   
  Reputed to be the first purpose built steam trawler for Scotland