William Fenwick LH
Built | 1871 Richard/Robert Stobbs, Coble Dene North Shields (Wood) |
Yard No | |
Owner at New | William Fenwick, North Shields (owner/manager). |
ID no | 65406 |
Launch Date | 1871 |
Completed | 1871 |
Gross Tons | 71 |
Nett | 6 |
Engine | 30 hp Side Lever L.1-cyl |
Length | 80.5ft |
Breadth | 17.2ft |
Depth | 9ft |
Owners | |
1871 | Registered at North Shields. |
1874 | Owned by Henry Stobbs, North Shields. |
18.02.1876 | Landed the crew of the French brig "Eugenie" of Cherbourg at North Shields after she had sunk following a collision in the North Sea. |
1880 | Owned by William Nicholson, Leith, Edinburgh. |
1880 | North Shields registry closed. |
1880 | Registered at Leith. |
10.02.1881 | Picked up the sinking coaster S.S. "Gitana" and towed her into Abertay sands where she was beached. |
14.02.1881 |
Arrived at Leith with the Newhaven yawl "Esther" in tow, vessel was found close to Fidra island Firth of Forth. all four crewmen lost : - Those Lost all from Newhaven are, David Fairbairn Ramsay, 50 Skipper/owner; George Ramsay , 50 skippers brother William Watson Ramsay 18, skippers son William Seaton, 21 |
10.12.1881 | Arrived at Leith with a Newhaven yawl (owned by McFarlane & Ramsay) in tow, which they had found bottom up in the Firth of Forth, all seven crewmen suspected to have drowned in the recent gale. |
Undated | Converted to trawler |
26.09.1886 | Ran ashore on the Black Rocks east of Leith in thick fog causing slight damaged to the keel, refloated shortly afterwards and put into Leith for repairs. |
29.01.1892 | 29/64th Shares offered for sale in by auction at the Commercial hotel Leith Edinburgh (Scotsman newspaper) |
Pre1895 | Owned by James C. Bridges, Leith Edinburgh. |
07.1896 | Hired by the Admiralty as part of a trial using mines to the west of Inchkeith, Firth of Forth. |
Pre1908 | Owned by Archibald McKinnon, Leith Edinburgh. |
15.05.1911 | Owned by James Nicholson, Leith Edinburgh. |
1912 | Leith registry closed. |