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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