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Name: CALIPH
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 09/07/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 804
Dimensions: 226grt, 87nrt, 120.5 x 21.6 x 11.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 55nhp
Engines by: WVV Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 121610
History:
08/1906 David Pettit, Milford
25/10/1934 Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Factory, Fleetwood
21/11/1934 Harley & Miller, Liverpool
12/07/1937 EE Carter, Milford
02/11/1941 Sank
Comments: 1906: Allocated fishing registration number M197 at Milford
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun & 1 x 3.5ins bomb thrower
1919: Returned to owners
1937: Allocated fishing registration number M234 at Milford
12/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
01/1940: Returned to owners
02/11/1941: Bombed & sunk 12 miles S of the Old Head of Kinsale