Thomas L Devlin GN 58

Thomas L. Devlin GN 58

Built	1915 Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen as "Phyliss Belman" (Steel)

Yard No	512

Owner at New	Philip Belman, Liverpool (Sydney Morris Cannon, Aberdeen manager).

ID no	137169

Launch Date	10.04.1915

Completed	06.1915

Gross Tons	211

Nett Tons	78

Engine	69 hp T.3-cyl by Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

Length	115.7ft

Breadth	22.6ft

Depth	13ft

Owners
25.06.1915	Registered at Aberdeen A.298
1915	Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper
1919	Returned to Owners
22.12.1921	Owned by Horace Edward Stroud and Sydney Morris Cannon, Aberdeen (Horace Edward Stroud manager)
19.11.1923	Owned by Trawlers (Ireland) Ltd, Dublin Ireland (Patrick Fannon manager)
19.11.1923	Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1923	Registered at Dublin.
1926	Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager)
1926	Dublin registry closed
1926	Renamed "THOMAS L. DEVLIN"
1926	Registered at Granton GN 58
12.11.1930	Docked at Leith with stem damage following a collision with S.T "Salvini" GY 70, 250 miles from May Island Firth of Forth, "Salvini" had severe damage to port side.
1942	Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons Ltd, Granton Edinburgh.
18.12.1945	Sprang a leak. Skipper Robert Gowans headed for Aberdeen. Escorted by Aberdeen lifeboat.
08.12.1954	Grounded in thick fog off Fife Ness in evening but was refloated by a tug next morning
16.09.1958	Involved in collision with S.S. "Turquoise" (570g/1924) of Glasgow 2 miles NW of Stroma Pentland Firth. Slight damage and no assistance required. One man injured on the “Turquoise”.
20.12.1959	Wrecked on North Ness East side of May Island Firth of Forth. All thirteen crew rescued by Anstruther lifeboat.
28.03.1960	At the subsequent Board of Trade Inquiry, Skipper James Anderson Glasgow was found to be at fault and his certificate was suspended for two years.