Ocean Rover GN 2
Built | 1881 David Allan & Co, Leith Edinburgh (Wood) |
Yard No | |
Owner at New | William Gunn & Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
ID no | 81965 |
Launch Date | 05.1881 |
Completed | 05.1881 |
Gross Tons | 83 |
Nett Tons | 67 |
Engine | 30 hp C.2-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith Edinburgh |
Length | 86.3ft |
Breadth | 16.3ft |
Depth | 8.1ft |
Owners | |
06.05.1881 | Registered at Granton GN 2 |
23.11.1881 | Sought shelter from the severe weather in North Berwick harbour |
17.12.1881 | Chartered by the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners, Edinburgh, as a supply vessel to the Bell Rock Lighthouse during the absence of the S.S. "Pharos" |
10.02.1883 | Found a floating stage 21ft x16ft x 1ft half a mile west of Inchkeith Firth of Forth. |
11.03.1885 | Robert Scott (mate) fined £1.1s at Cupar Sheriff court for steering an erratic course and damaging the drift nets of "Socrates" KY 2062 approx 2 miles off St. Monance Firth of Forth on 22nd Dec1884. |
27.05.1889 | Hired along with S.T. "Kingfisher" GN 4 & S.T. "Le Glorieux" GN by the Admiralty laying down torpedoes & for torpedo trials in the Firths of Forth & Tay during July.. |
22.12.1890 | Arrived at Anstruther Fife with a broken crankshaft. |
1892 | Skipper John Gilbertson fined £50 for fishing inside 3 mile limit at Methil Sheriff Court, Fife |
03.05.1895 | Foundered 23 miles East of May Island Firth of Forth after the water recirculation pipe burst. Skipper Gilbertson and crew took to the small boat. Rescued about one hour later by the passing Norwegian schooner "Glitner" and landed at Dysart Fife |