Name: | EPHRAIM |
Type: | Fishing Vessel |
Launched: | 30/06/1908 |
Completed: | 08/1908 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 381 |
Dimensions: | 260grt, 101nrt, 125.6 x 22.1 x 12.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 82nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 127564 |
History: | |
08/1908 | West Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
1913 | Soc de Pécheries de la Mediterranée (J Arman, manager), Marseilles |
1913 | Renamed MARIE FRÉDÉRIC |
16/05/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 1908: Allocated fishing registration number FD219 at Fleetwood |
1913: Also seen as MARIE FRÉDÉRIQUE | |
1915: Requisitioned for French Naval service as a minesweeper. | |
16/05/1918: Mined and sunk north of Cap de Garde | |
Mine had been laid 10 days earlier by U-Boat UC54 |