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Name: BRITANNIC
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 23/09/1891
Completed: 12/1891
Builder: Hepple & Co
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 466
Dimensions: 144grt, 31nrt, 105.4 x 20.6 x 11.0ft; (1905: 168grt, 46nrt, 119.0 x 20.6 x 10.8ft)
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 22ins), 60rhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 99548
History:
12/1891 John EA Kelsall, Manchester; registered at Hull
1897 Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Manchester; registered at Fleetwood
1899 Registered at Hull
1911 Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Hull
29/12/1912 Sank
Comments: 12/12/1891: Allocated fishing registration number H181
04/09/1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD184
13/04/1899: Allocated fishing registration number H447
1905: Lengthened to 119.0ft
29/12/1912: Sank following a collision in the North Sea