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Name: BOSTONIAN
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 29/01/1900
Completed: 03/1900
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 627
Dimensions: 192grt, 69nrt, 116.0 x 21.1 x 11.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 19 & 32 x 24ins), 51nhp
Engines by: Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104157
History:
03/1900 Boston Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Boston
1902 Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston
04/1919 Aldersyde Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby; renamed BRAESYDE
09/1923 D/F Nordica, Hamburg; renamed ODYSEUS
1925 R & J Arnold, Llanelly; renamed BRAESYDE
18/06/1928 Sank
Comments: "Engines by" is as detailed in Lloyds Register. Is this an error?
1900: Allocated fishing registration number BN74 at Boston
11/1914: Hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
08/1917: Renamed BASTION for the duration only
11/1918: Returned to owners
1919: Allocated fishing registration number GY246 at Grimsby
by 1925: Converted to a cargo ship
18/06/1928: Sank after an explosion in the engine room
On a voyage from Gueric to Cardiff with a cargo of potatoes