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Name: SNOWDROP
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 18/09/1902
Completed: 10/1902
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 693
Dimensions: 208grt, 59nrt, 113.0 x 21.6 x 12.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 19.5 & 34 x 23ins), 66rhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115576
History:
10/1902 Union Steam Fishing Co Ltd (JH Irvin, manager), Aberdeen
1904 Unknown owner, South Africa; renamed STAR OF THE EAST
14/04/1905 Wrecked
Comments: 14/04/1905: Ran aground near East London. Became a total loss.