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Name: AQUARIUS
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 18/07/1905
Completed: 09/1905
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 775
Dimensions: 187grt, 73nrt, 112.7 x 21.5 x 11.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (11.5, 21 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp
Engines by: Great Central Co-operative Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122704
History:
09/1905 Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby
08/1921 Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd (E Bacon), Grimsby
25/02/1945 Sank
Comments: 1905: Allocated fishing registration number GY76 at Grimsby
06/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty
08/1915: Returned to owners
1917: Requisitioned by the Admiralty, for the fishery reserve
1919: Returned to owners
25/02/1945: Sank after being mined 15 miles SE by E of Outer Dowsing
All crew lost