U.S.A. GN 25

Built 1903  Smiths Dock Co Ltd,   North Shields (Steel)
   
Yard No 713
   
Owner at New  M. L. Ryde, London.
   
ID no 118303
   
Launch Date 27.05.1903
 
Completed 1903
   
Gross Tons 182
   
Nett Tons 69
   
Engine 56 hp  T.3-cyl by North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
   
Length 110ft
   
Breadth 21ft
   
Depth 11.2ft
   
Owners  
1903 Registered at London LO 176.
1905 Owned by Edward Walker, Newhaven Edinburgh (owner/manager).
1905 London registry closed.
1905 Registered at Granton GN 25
19.12.1906 Collided with S.T. "Nettle" GW 11 on fishing grounds 30 miles East from North Berwick, "Nettle" sustaining considerable damage to the bow.
1910 Owned Edward Walker Newhaven & Agnes Laing, Edinburgh (Edward Walker owner/manager).
1914 Owned by Dundee Steam Trawling Co Ltd,  Dundee (William High manager)
1914 Granton Registry closed.
1914 Registered at Dundee DE 9.
19.02.1916 Fire broke out in cabin while berthed in Dundee harbour for repairs.
1916 Owned by John Wintringham Smethurst, Grimsby (owner/manager).
07.1916 Dundee registry closed.
28.07.1916 Registered at Grimsby GY 936.
31.07.1916 Bill of Sale: Owned by Harry Smethurst, Henry Carl Smethurst, John Wintringham Smethurst & William Wintringham Smethurst, Grimsby (John Wintringham Smethurst owner/manager).
31.07.1916 Mortgaged by Harry Smethurst, Henry Carl Smethurst, John Wintringham Smethurst & William Wintringham Smethurst, Grimsby (A).
31.07.1916 Mortgagee: London City & Midland Bank, London (secure account & interest).
17.04.1917 Captured by submarine and sunk by bomb, 16 miles ENE from Longstone Lighthouse, Skipper & crew took to the small boat.
19.06.1917 Grimsby registry closed.