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Name: BONITO
Launched: 08/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 75
Dimensions: 98grt, 19nrt, 85.5 x 19.4 x 10.1ft
Engines: CI2cyl (18 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp
Engines By: Moller & Co, Denmark
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79209
History:
1878 Henry M Cairns, North Shields
1881 James Casey, London; registered at London
1882 John N Newton, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen
1887 Thomas Walker, Aberdeen
1894 Wrecked
Comments: 1881: Converted to trawler
1887: Allocated fishing registration number A93 at Aberdeen
20/12/1894: Wrecked at the mouth of the river Ythan near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, in SSE gale. All seven crewmen rescued by the Newburgh lifeboat. The crew later re-boarded the trawler in an attempt to refloat her with the assistance of steam tug FAIRWEATHER of Aberdeen, the weather quickly worsened and Skipper W Butler and crew had to rescued once again, this time by the Collieston Life Saving Apparatus
Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news item