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Name: ISLAND PRINCE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 02/03/1911
Completed: 03/1911
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 280
Dimensions: 205grt, 80nrt, 115.3 x 22.2 x 11.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 74nhp, 430ihp
Engines by: Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127116
History:
31/03/1911 Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin, manager); registered at North Shields
22/07/1915 W Rayner & R Boyle (R Boyle, manager), North Shields
01/09/1922 William Alexander Leith; registered at Aberdeen
1926 Mrs Florence W Catcheside; registered at North Shields
06/09/1927 Wrecked
Comments: 31/03/1911: Allocated fishing registration number SN148 at North Shields
08/1914: Requisitioned as a minesweeper (Ad No 62) and based on the Tyne
1919: Returned to owners
1922: Allocated fishing registration number A930 at Aberdeen
17/11/1926: Allocated fishing registration number SN53 at North Shields
06/09/1927: Wrecked during thick fog on Crab Hill rocks Cullercoats