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Name: ALASKA
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 15/01/1898
Completed: 02/1898
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 577
Dimensions: 135grt, 42nrt, 96.0 x 20.7 x 10.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (10.25, 16 & 25.5 x 19.5ins), 30nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 108494
History:
02/1898 J & G Alward Ltd, Grimsby
12/1911 The Spurn Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
06/1920 David J Aynes, Lowestoft
1921 Henry I Colville (DJ Ayres, manager), Lowestoft
1926 P Perfettini, Lorient; renamed EDOUARD PAUL
by 1930 M & Mme Jean Cuissard, Lorient
1935 Vve Jean Cuissard, Lorient
1938 Broken up
Comments: 1898: Allocated fishing registration number GY477 at Grimsby
12/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Renamed ALASKA II and armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
1920: Allocated fishing registration number LT1031 at Lowestoft


Above photo copyright of Lancashire County Council