Newhaven NB  GN 72

(NB = North Britain )

Built 1909   Hall Russell  & Co  Ltd Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 469
   
Owner at New Walter Lyle & William Carnie, Granton, Edinburgh (William Carnie manager).
   
ID no 122989
   
Launch Date 02.08.1909
   
Completed 08.1909
 
Gross Tons 182
   
Nett Tons 67
   
Engine 67 hp   T.3-cyl by  Hall Russell  & Co  Ltd Aberdeen
   
Length 110.5ft
   
Breadth 21.8ft
 
Depth 11.7ft
 

  

Owners  
08.1909 Registered at Granton GN 72
09.11.1911 Towed S.S. "Embla" (1172g/1883) (short of bunkers) to Burntisland Fife from 120 miles east of the Bass Rock Firth of Forth.
08.1914 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No82)based Kirkwall Orkney.
1919 Returned to Owners
1920 Owned by David Dow, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Thomas T. Dow manager)
1927 Owned by John Walker, Aberdeen (owner/manager)
1927 Granton registry GN 72
04.04.1927 Registered at Aberdeen A.231
02.1940 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.820).
1943 Owned by Silver Star Fishing Co Ltd  Aberdeen
1945 Returned to Owners
1946 Owned by Drifters (Peterhead) Ltd  Peterhead (Caledonian Fish Selling Co Ltd & Others)(R. Foreman, manager).
1949 Owned by Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd Milford Haven (Henry John Richards manager)
1951 Aberdeen registry closed
18.07.1951 Renamed "LOULEIGH"
18.07.1951 Registered at Milford Haven M 163
1952 Scrapped  by Thomas W. Ward at Castle Pill, Milford Haven
24.02.1953 Milford registry closed