Champion GN 48
Built | 1897 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Steel) |
Yard No | 304 |
Owner at New | Thomas L. Devlin, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager) |
ID no | 99909 |
Launch Date | 22.03.1897 |
Completed | 04.1897 |
Gross Tons | 160 |
Nett Tons | 61 |
Engine | 50 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 105.3ft |
Breadth | 20.7ft |
Depth | 12ft |
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Owners | |
07.04.1897 | Registered at Granton GN 48 |
03.01.1899 | Came across the disabled S.T. "Mount Viso" GN 56 in the North Sea and towed her 90 miles to Granton. (£1000 salvage fee claimed, £200 towage fee paid after court settlement) |
15.04.1905 | Ran ashore 1 mile east of Crail harbour near Fife Ness, Firth of Forth in thick fog; all nine crewmen rescued by Breeches Buoy. |
28.05.1905 | Refloated by the United Kingdom Insurance Club's salvage corps and towed to Granton for repairs. |
04.01.1910 | George Finlay severely burned when his clothes caught fire in engine room while fishing East of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Skipper returned to Granton and the 52 yr old was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. |
05.1915 | Requisitioned as a Boom Gate Vessel |
01.1916 | Fitted out as a Lightship to replace the North Carr Lightship which has been stationed at the Blae Rock off Burntisland Firth of Forth. |
1919 | Returned to Owners |
28.02.1919 | Thomas L. Devlin deceased, (Robert D. Devlin & Thomas L. Devlin Jnr managers) (Company Trustees -Grace Darney Devlin ( his wife); John Inglis, Peebles; Alex Stewart ( R. C. Priest) St Mary's Cathedral House Edinburgh)). |
17.06.1919 | Mortgaged by Thomas L. Devlin (Trustees), Granton Edinburgh (A). |
17.06.1919 | Mortgagee: John Inglis, Peebles, Peeblesshire. |
01.1923 | Peter Stevenson (23) Trimmer Newhaven washed overboard off the East Lothian coast. |
08.02.1923 | Mortgage (A) discharged upon the death of John Inglis |
09.02.1923 | In collision with the S.S. "Glitra" (2925g/1910) east of the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth. |
05.07.1923 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton Edinburgh (Robert D. Devlin & Thomas L. Devlin Jnr owner/managers). |
11.11.1926 | Following the death of Robert D. Devlin; Thomas L. Devlin Jnr becomes owner/ manager. |
1928 | Sold as scrap. |
23.10.1928 | Granton registry closed. |
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