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Name: NILE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 07/02/1898
Completed: 03/1898
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 581
Dimensions: 174grt, 45nrt, 111.0 x 21.1 x 11.0ft; (1905: 196grt, 67nrt, 123.0 x 21.1 x 10.9ft)
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 23ins), 52nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108497
History:
03/1898 Britannia Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
1902 J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood
1916 Andrew Walker, Aberdeen
1918 Thomas G Hancock, Hakin
24/10/1922 Sank
Comments: 1898: Allocated fishing registration number GY500 at Grimsby
1904: Allocated fishing registration number FD11 at Fleetwood
1905: Lengthened to 123.0ft
06/1915: Admiralty requisition as a boom defence vessel
1918: Allocated fishing registration number M186 at Milford
03/1919: Released to owners
24/10/1922: Sank after sailing from Crookhaven