An item
dated Gregnes 15th reported that the tug Granite
City arrived in the harbour towing the trawler IJm 101 (Gerbrig, IJmuiden, Netherlands),
the latter apparently damaged.(1)
Note
1.
Wood-built paddle steam tug, completed at the shipyard of
Wouldhave&Johnson, North Shields, England
for account of J.N. Newton, Aberdeen,
Scotland in
November 1882. Transferred to R. Taylor, Aberdeen
in 1914, C.W.
Robinson, Middlesbrough in February 1921, transferred to Tees Towing Company
Limited and managed by
Robinson&Crosthwaite the same year, transferred to Kirton&Foster, Aberdeen in March 1922 to be broken up but stayed in
service until she finally sunk on the Tyne at
Blaydon Buoys on 13 August 1927. Gross register tonnage 113 tons and as
dimensions 95.5’x 18.7’x 10,4’. Horsepower 40 nhp.