| Name: | BUSH |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 02/06/1908 |
| Completed: | 07/1908 |
| Builder: | Smith’s Dock Co Ltd |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 382 |
| Dimensions: | 221grt, 85nrt, 120.4 x 21.5 x 11.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 66nhp |
| Engines by: | WVV Lidgerwood, Coatbridge |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 127416 |
| History: | |
| 07/1908 | Neyland Steam Trawling & Fishing Co, Neyland |
| 24/02/1919 | The Scarisbrick Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood |
| 05/03/1919 | Registered at Fleetwood |
| 1948 | Dundee Fishing Co Ltd, Dundee |
| 1950 | R Fenton, Dundee; registered at Dundee; renamed LYNN FENTON |
| 1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1908: Allocated fishing registration number M227 at Milford |
| 05/1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler | |
| Armed with 1 x 12pdr gun | |
| 03/1919: Allocated fishing registration number FD60 at Fleetwood | |
| 03/1919: Returned to owner | |
| 28/05/1940: Requisitioned for war service as an anti submarine trawler | |
| 1944: Returned to owner | |
| 1950: Allocated fishing registration number DE24 at Dundee |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 03/06/1908