Name: | DEVONIA |
Launched: | 22/09/1885 |
Completed: | 1885 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 128 |
Dimensions: | 112grt, 14nrt, 100.0 x 18.5 x 9.5ft |
Engines: | L1cyl (35 x 51ins), 40nhp |
Engines By: | Baird & Barnsley, North Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 91081 |
History: | |
1885 | John M Clark & Spencer Haworth; registered at Leith |
1892 | John M Clark, Edinburgh |
1893 | John M Smart, North Shields |
1901 | Thomas Hutchinson & William Blumer, Sunderland |
1907 | Sank |
Comments: | 1885: Allocated fishing registration number LH1135 at Leith |
25/06/1893: Towed MARIE ROZE into North Shields after a boiler tube burst. | |
03/10/1895: Towed into North Shields in a disabled condition during severe weather and had been drifting through the storm for two days. Prior to the storm, in thick fog, she had been in collision with a foreign sailing ship, causing damage to her steering gear. | |
28/09/1907: Stranded and lost 2 miles south of Seaham harbour. Wind ENE force 4. | |
Skipper W Hutchinson & 3 crewmen rescued. | |
Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details |