Nettle  GW 11

Built 1905     Mackie & Thomson  Ltd  Govan  (Steel)
   
Yard No 311
   
Owner at New Glasgow Steam Trawling  Co Ltd, Glasgow  (Hugh Alexander & Others)  (Charles F. Paton manager)
   
ID no 121230
   
Launch Date 19.04.1905
   
Completed 05.1905
 
Gross Tons 185
   
Nett Tons 56
   
Engine 47 hp    C.2-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood & Co Ltd Glasgow
   
Length 110.4ft
   
Breadth 21ft
 
Depth 11ft
 

 

Owners  
1905 Registered at Glasgow GW 11
24.10.1905 Arrived at Granton and reported colliding with the fishery cruiser "Minna" which was at anchor a half mile off the east breakwater at Granton. The impact was such that considerable damage was done to both vessels, the "Nettle" having four plates stove in and a twisted stem, both vessels proceeded to Leith for repairs.
21.03.1906 £144 compensation paid to the Fishery Board of Scotland for damages caused to the fishery cruiser "Minna2 by the S. T. "Nettle" on 24th September 1905.
19.11.1906 Collided with S.T. "U.S.A" GN 25 on fishing grounds 30 miles East from North Berwick, sustaining considerable damage to the bow.
05.09.1907 Collided with and sank S.S. "Caledonian" (249g/1875) a bucket dredger between Cumbrae & Bute, Firth of Clyde, receiving severe damage to starboard side.
1910 Owned by Paton's Trawlers Ltd,  Glasgow (Charles F. Paton manager)
07.1918 Owned by Port St Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd,  London        (Charles Jeffs Jnr, Fleetwood manager)
1919 New Docks Steam Fishing Co (Fleetwood) Ltd   appointed managers
08.1919 Glasgow registry closed.
08.08.1919 Registered at Fleetwood FD 342
10.11.1919 Owned by Nettle Trawlers Ltd, London (Benjamin Allenby manager c/o Sam Isaacs Ltd Aberdeen).
28.11.1919 Fleetwood registry closed.
14.01.1920 Registered at Aberdeen  A.262 
1922 Owned by Paton's Trawlers Ltd,  Glasgow  (George Gallie Paton & Charles Finlay Paton managers)
1924 Owned by Charles Finlay Paton, Glasgow (owner/manager)
1925 Owned by Bourne Trawling Co Ltd,  Fleetwood     (Joseph A. & Harold Taylor, managers)
18.09.1925 Aberdeen registry closed.
19. 09.1925 Registered at Fleetwood FD 61.
1933 Scrapped
02.11.1933 Fleetwood registry closed.