| Name: | CLYNE CASTLE |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 16/05/1907 |
| Completed: | 07/1907 |
| Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 350 |
| Dimensions: | 252grt, 81nrt, 120.5 x 22.1 x 11.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 57rhp |
| Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 124713 |
| History: | |
| 07/1907 | Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (C Heron, manager), Swansea; registered at Swansea |
| 1918 | Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby |
| 15/04/1919 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 15/04/1919: Stranded at Breiðamerkursandur on the South coast of Iceland |
| Lloyds Casualty Returns appears to be wrong, placing the loss in the English Channel | |
| The Icelandic newspaper report confirms the ship name, the location of the stranding | |
| and that the crew were rescued. The Icelandic salvage vessel GEIR also made an | |
| unsuccessful attempt to pull the CLYNE CASTLE off. | |
| Valdór Bóasson & Jóhann Hansson bought the stranded vessel. Together the two men | |
| attempted to refloat the trawler each summer over a period of several years. | |
| Eventually they had to give up and the vessel was then stripped of everything of value. |
CLYNE CASTLE aground at Breiðamerkursandur
The remains of CLYNE CASTLE are still visible today
Above photos copyright of Tryggvi Sigurdsson and provided courtesy of Miguel Sehested Zambras
Icelandic newspaper ISAFOLD, 15/09/1919