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 |