| Name: | MOUNT VISO |
| Launched: | 20/06/1898 |
| Completed: | 07/1898 |
| Builder: | Cumming & Ellis, Inverkeithing |
| Yard Number: | 30 |
| Dimensions: | 178grt, 68nrt, 109.0 x 21.1 x 10.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (21 & 42 x 24ins), 520ihp |
| Engines By: | Hutson & Son, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 108586 |
| History: | |
| 1898 | Muirhead's Trawlers Ltd; registered at Granton |
| 03/05/1904 | Joseph Constant (Shipbroker), London |
| 1905 | HO Rice, Swansea |
| 1908 | Thomas H Jones (later & Co); registered at Swansea |
| 1915 | Knight Prendor Tug Co Ltd (J Prendeville, manager); renamed KNIGHT PRENDOR |
| 1915 | Registered at Liverpool |
| 1919 | West Coast Towage & Salvage Co, Liverpool |
| 07/1920 | George Brown; registered at South Shields; renamed GREAT BRITAIN |
| 07/1923 | Owner restyled Brown Tug Co Ltd |
| 06/1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built as a trawler and converted to a tug at some stage |
| 1898: Allocated fishing registration number GN56 at Granton | |
| 19/09/1898: Struck the west pier on leaving Granton, smashing her bow to the waters edge, engines did not go astern(?) Taken back to builders at Inverkeithing for repairs. | |
| 15/11/1898: Collided with MARY BELL (GN58). Considerable damage to both vessels. | |
| 03/01/1899: Found disabled by CHAMPION (GN48) in the North Sea & towed 90 miles to Granton. £1000 salvage fee claimed, £200 towage fee paid after court settlement. | |
| 21/11/1899: Returned to Granton after her mizzen mast, gallows and quarter boat were damaged in collision with an unknown vessel. | |
| Hired by the Admiralty 03/1918 to 01/1919: renamed SIR THOMAS for the duration | |
| 06/1928: Broken up by TW Ward at Inverkeithing; cost £405 | |
| Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details |