Bonito LH 48
Built | 1885 W. B. Thompson & Co Ltd, Dundee (Iron) |
Yard No | |
Owner at New | Lowestoft Steam Carrying & Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft. |
ID no | 91712 |
Launch Date | 1885 |
Completed | 09.1885 |
Gross Tons | 89 |
Nett Tons | 30 |
Engine | 38 hp C.2-cyl by W. B. Thompson & Co Ltd, Dundee |
Length | 90ft |
Breadth | 20.1ft |
Depth | 9ft |
Owners | |
03.11.1885 | Registered at Lowestoft LT ? |
26.11.1886 | Arrived in Lowestoft with the Great Yarmouth fishing smack "Ripple" in tow, smack was dis-masted and picked up 84 miles ENE from Great Yarmouth. |
14.03.1888 | For sale by auction at the Suffolk Hotel, Lowestoft. ("Dolphin" & "Greencastle" also for sale). |
1888 | Owned by Mackay & Co, Leith Edinburgh (Alexander Kay & George Shaw, owner/managers) |
1888 | Registered at Leith LH 48 |
07.10.1898 | Towed into Dundee by S.T. "Sea King" LH 144 after breaking down off the Bell Rock lighthouse. |
04.06.1897 | Arrived at Leith and reported that the boilers tubes had burst 16 miles SE from the May Island Firth of Forth. |
30.05.1898 | Alexander Kay sole owner/manager. |
19.07.1899 | Ran ashore near Berwick, refloated on a later tide. |
17.09.1900 | Collided with S.S. "Newport" (1219g/1882) of Leith and sank at Cow Buoy Firth of Forth during thick fog. Skipper A. Horsburgh and six crew rescued. |