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Name: FISHERGATE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 20/03/1905
Completed: 04/1905
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 768
Dimensions: 205grt, 77nrt, 117.8 x 21.6 x 11.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 23ins), 52nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120516
History:
11/04/1905 Phoenix Trawling Co Ltd (GHD Birt), London
11/06/1925 North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd (JA Harrow), Aberdeen
1925 Renamed AVONDON
1933 George R Wood, Aberdeen
22/12/1936 Wrecked
Comments: 1905: Allocated fishing registration number LO209 at London
02/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr AA gun
1919: Returned to owners
1925: Allocated fishing registration number A136 at Aberdeen
22/12/1936: Wrecked outside Leith harbour