| Name: | BONITO |
| Launched: | 08/1878 |
| Completed: | 1878 |
| Builder: | Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 75 |
| Dimensions: | 98grt, 19nrt, 85.5 x 19.4 x 10.1ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (18 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp |
| Engines By: | Moller & Co, Denmark |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79209 |
| History: | |
| 1878 | Henry M Cairns, North Shields |
| 1881 | James Casey, London; registered at London |
| 1882 | John N Newton, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen |
| 1887 | Thomas Walker, Aberdeen |
| 1894 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1881: Converted to trawler |
| 1887: Allocated fishing registration number A93 at Aberdeen | |
| 20/12/1894: Wrecked at the mouth of the river Ythan near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, in SSE gale. All seven crewmen rescued by the Newburgh lifeboat. The crew later re-boarded the trawler in an attempt to refloat her with the assistance of steam tug FAIRWEATHER of Aberdeen, the weather quickly worsened and Skipper W Butler and crew had to rescued once again, this time by the Collieston Life Saving Apparatus | |
| Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news item |