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Name: CALLIOPE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 08/10/1907
Completed: 11/1907
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 361
Dimensions: 240grt, 91nrt, 120.3 x 21.6 x 11.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 68nhp
Engines by: WVV Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127407
History:
11/1907 David Pettit, Milford
05/03/1916 Sank
Comments: 1907: Allocated fishing registration number M214 at Milford
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 3pdr gun
05/03/1916: Sank after a collision off the Butt of Lewis