As A.262 alongside pier in Tayport during bunkering accident |
©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jeremy French |
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 Finlay 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 |
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17.05.1905 | 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 Finlay Paton manager) |
07.1918 | Owned by Port St Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd, London (Charles Jeffs Jnr, Fleetwood, manager) |
1919 | Joseph A. Taylor appointed manager |
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 |
11.06.1920 | Crewman John McKay was injured following an accident when a coal truck crashed through the bunkering hoist at Tayport, he died from his injuries a month later. |
13.12.1922 | Owned by Charles Finlay Paton, Glasgow (owner/manager) |
18.09.1925 | Owned by Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood (Harold Taylor manager) |
18.09.1925 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
19. 09.1925 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 61. |
1926 | Owned by Bourne Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. & Harold Taylor, managers) |
1933 | Sold as scrap. |
02.11.1933 | Fleetwood registry closed. |