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Name: CAMBRIA
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 29/08/1905
Completed: 09/1905
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 774
Dimensions: 206grt, 78nrt, 117.5 x 21.5 x 11.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 23ins), 54rhp
Engines by: WVV Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 121603
History:
30/09/1905 John Jones, Milford; registered at Milford
09/07/1914 Edgar Garnham, Swansea; registered at Milford
1923 Broken up
Comments: Allocated fishing registration number M92 at Milford
09/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
1919: Returned to owners
28/02/1923: Abandoned in a sinking condition off the Irish coast
Hulk later towed into Cardiff by trawler ASAMA
Ultimate fate not known, but probably broken up
1923: British register closed


Above photo courtesy of Keith Morgan