| Name: | WATERSTON |
| Launched: | 1848 |
| Completed: | 07/1848 |
| Builder: | Thomas Anderson, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 51grt, 16nrt, 66.3 x 13.4 x 8.1ft |
| Engines: | L1cyl (26 x ?ins), 23nhp; (1871: 20nhp) |
| Engines by: | JP Almond, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 14572 |
| History: | |
| 28/07/1848 | William Gibson, North Shields and Joseph & George Waterston, Swindon; registered at Shields |
| 1858 | EM Matthews, Shields |
| 1872 | Mrs Rachel Ramsay, Shields |
| 1874 | Thomas Watson, Shields |
| 09/01/1885 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/01/1885: Sank in the Tyne & subsequently broken up |
| Claimed to be the first steam trawler in 1877 - see report below |
1881 Census record kindly provided by Margery White who is researching her Watson family
Thomas Watson was Margery's great grandfather and was a keelman prior to owning the WATERSTON.
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 13/03/1858
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 10/01/1885
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 21/01/1885
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 10/11/1927