Hmt Nellie Nutten: North Sea
Requisitioned Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Hmt Nellie Nutten: North Sea
Classification Requisitioned Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gn 69; Gn. 89; 'off Aberdeen'; '100 Miles East Of Aberdeen'; Nellie Nutten (Gn 69)
Canmore ID 207896
Site Number NK00NE 8010
NGR NK 05 08
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/207896
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK00NE 8010 unlocated
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Possibly within Maritime - Aberdeenshire or beyond Scottish waters.
See also NJ90NE 8146 and NJ90NE 8148.
(Classified as steel, steam trawler: registration cited as GN 69, and date of loss as 11 July 1916). Nellie Nutten: this vessel was sunk by submarine off Aberdeen. Capt. Crombie.
Registration: granton. Built 1901. 184grt. Length: 33m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W1 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Displacement: 184 gross
Armament: 1x3-pdr gun
Admiralty no. 81
Port registration: GN. 89
Nellie Nutten. This vessel was launched in 1901, being requisitioned and converted to a minesweeper in August 1914. She was sunk by gunfire from U-46, U-49, U-52 and U-69 while escorting a fishing fleet 100 miles East of Aberdeen on 11 July 1916, being in company with Era and Onward, which were also sunk.
G Toghill 2004.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area designated as Maritime - Aberdeenshire, or beyond Scottish waters.
The locations of loss that are cited by Whittaker and Toghill remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 2009.
Loss (11 July 1916)
(Classified as steel, steam trawler: registration cited as GN 69, and date of loss as 11 July 1916). Nellie Nutten: this vessel was sunk by submarine off Aberdeen. Capt. Crombie.
Registration: granton. Built 1901. 184grt. Length: 33m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W1 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Displacement: 184 gross
Armament: 1x3-pdr gun
Admiralty no. 81
Port registration: GN. 89
Nellie Nutten. This vessel was launched in 1901, being requisitioned and converted to a minesweeper in August 1914. She was sunk by gunfire from U-46, U-49, U-52 and U-69 while escorting a fishing fleet 100 miles East of Aberdeen on 11 July 1916, being in company with Era and Onward, which were also sunk.
G Toghill 2004.
Note (6 April 2009)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area designated as Maritime - Aberdeenshire, or beyond Scottish waters.
The locations of loss that are cited by Whittaker and Toghill remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2666
Name : NELLIE NUTTEN (GN 69)
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 15500
Date Built : 1901
Registration : GRANTON
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 184
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 33
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1916
Comment : Sunk by sub off Aberdeen. Capt. Crombie
