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Name: WAAGÖ
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 02/05/1898
Completed: 05/1898
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 583
Dimensions: 158grt, 53nrt, 106.0 x 20.9 x 10.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (11.5, 19 & 32 x 22.5ins), 49nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 109539
History:
05/1898 White Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
03/1904 Akties Waagö, (HA Röed), Sandefjord; renamed SYO SOSKENDIA
12/1910 Henry Smethurst, Grimsby; renamed WAAGO
06/1915 GW Cole, Grimsby
11/06/1915 Sank
Comments: 1898: Allocated fishing registration number GY705 at Grimsby
1910: Allocated fishing registration number GY596 at Grimsby
11/06/1915: Captured & sunk by U-Boat U19, 80 miles NE by N of Spurn Point