| Name: | LILY MELLING |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel - Trawler |
| Launched: | 24/09/1908 |
| Completed: | 11/1908 |
| Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 394 |
| Dimensions: | 246grt, 96nrt, 125.6 x 22.1 x 12.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 85nhp |
| Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 127567 |
| History: | |
| 04/11/1908 | Melling Steam Trawling Co Ltd (H Melling), Fleetwood |
| 14/11/1919 | Thomas F Kelsall et al (Henry Blackburn, managing), Fleetwood |
| 15/02/1920 | Selby Trawlers Ltd ( Henry Blackburn, manager), Fleetwood |
| 18/09/1933 | William Gove, Aberdeen |
| 18/09/1935 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1908: Allocated fishing registration number FD222 at Fleetwood |
| 12/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
| Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun | |
| 1919: Returned to owners | |
| 03/12/1929: Ran aground in Islay Sound & abandoned as a total loss | |
| 1930: Salved & repaired | |
| 1933: Allocated fishing registration number A276 at Aberdeen | |
| 18/09/1935: Stranded at Billow Ness near Anstruther | |
| Declared a total loss & broken up in situ |
Above photo is copyright of Fred Baker