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Name: ALBERTA
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 13/12/1906
Completed: 01/1907
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 813
Dimensions: 209grt, 98nrt, 115.6 x 21.6 x 11.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 21 & 34 x 24ins), 65nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 125045
History:
21/01/1907 Dominion Steam Fishing Co Ltd (T Robinson), Grimsby
14/04/1916 Sank
Comments: 1907: Assigned fishing registration number GY212 at Grimsby
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
14/04/1916: Sunk by a mine in the River Humber
Mine laid by U-Boat UC7