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Name: EDWARD VII
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 09/07/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 792
Dimensions: 231grt, 65nrt, 120.6 x 21.6 x 11.5ft; (1914: 88nrt)
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 75nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 121609
History:
08/1906 James Thomas, Milford
16/10/1917 Wyre Steam Trawling (JN Ward & Son, managers), Fleetwood
08/04/1918 Walter Harold Beeley, Grimsby
11/1919 Registered at Grimsby
02/1922 Sleight's Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Beeley & Sleight), Grimsby
02/02/1929 Wrecked
Comments: 1906: Allocated fishing registration number M196 at Milford
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a minesweeper
1917: Converted for cable repair duties
1919: Returned to owners
1919: Allocated fishing registration number GY581 at Grimsby
02/02/1929: Wrecked on the Buff of Brims reef, Brims Ness