New Choice  GN 12

Built 1915     Hall Russell & Co Ltd  Aberdeen    as "Jaboo II "  (Steel)
   
Yard No 567
   
Owner at New Harley & Miller Ltd   Liverpool  
   
ID no 137453
   
Launch Date 1915
   
Completed 05.1915
 
Gross Tons 236
   
Nett Tons 102
   
Engine 88 hp   T.3-cyl by Hall  Russell & Co Ltd Aberdeen
   
Length 120.7ft
   
Breadth 22.6ft
 
Depth 12ft
   
Owners  
05.1915 Registered at Liverpool LL 3.
05.1915 Requisitioned from the builders yard and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1592) based at Dover.
1919 Returned to Owners.
1919 Owned by Port St Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd London           (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
03.1919 Liverpool registry closed.
31.03.1919 Registered at Fleetwood  FD 114.
1924 New Docks Steam Fishing Co (Fleetwood) Ltd   appointed managers.
12.1926 Owned by C. R. Baskcomb  Grimsby.  
10.12.1926 Fleetwood registry closed.
13.12.1926 Registered at Grimsby GY 405.
05.1928 Owned by Baskcomb & Northcote Ltd Grimsby.
12.1934 Owned by James  Johnston  Newhaven Edinburgh  
03.12.1934 Grimsby registry closed.
12.1934 Renamed  "NEW CHOICE".
12.1934 Registered at Granton GN 12
30.07.1936 Stranded in fog Torness Point Hoy in Pentland Firth refloated by Longhope fishermen.
18.09.1939 Damaged by aircraft attack 115 miles E x N off the May Island (Skipper J Hall)
17.12.1939 Attacked by German aircraft 120 miles ENE of May Island. Skipper and crew took to the small boat but returned after the attack.
1944 Owned by William Johnston Newhaven Edinburgh
1950 Owned by T. A.  Burns & Co Ltd Bolton Lancs.
1951 Owned by Atlantic Fishing Products Ltd, Achiell Sound Co Mayo Ireland.  
1951 Granton registry closed.
1951 Registered at Dublin D 233
1953 Scrapped