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Name: FISHER PRINCE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 27/07/1896
Completed: 08/1896
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 186
Dimensions: 125grt, 18nrt, 95.0 x 19.2 x 10.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 33 x 22ins), 45nhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105216
History:
22/08/1896 William Horsley Storey; registered at North Shields
1903 Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin manager), North Shields
1914 James Walker, Torry; registered at Aberdeen
09/1915 H Smethurst; registered at Grimsby
02/1916 T Whitehead, Scarborough
24/09/1916 Sank
Comments: 20/08/1896: Allocated fishing registration number SN225 at North Shields
1914: Allocated fishing registration number A134 at Aberdeen
09/1915: Allocated fishing registration number GY656 at Grimsby
02/1916: Allocated fishing registration number SH207 at Scarborough
24/09/1916: Sunk by U-Boat U57, 20 miles NE from Scarborough