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Name: THISTLE
Type: Fishing Vessel - Drifter
Launched: 02/02/1904
Completed: 02/1904
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 744
Dimensions: 79grt, 17nrt, 80.0 x 18.1 x 8.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117557
History:
05/03/1904 Westmacott Ltd, Great Yarmouth; registered at Yarmouth
1932 PW Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft; registered at Yarmouth
08/05/1941 Sank
Comments: 1904: Allocated fishing registration number YH829 at Yarmouth
05/1915: Hired by the Admiralty as a net vessel
1919: Returned to owners
04/1940: Hired by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel
09/1940: Hired by the Admiralty for the Examination Service
08/05/1941: Sunk by a mine off Lowestoft