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Name: FLORA
Type: Fishing Vessel - Drifter
Launched: 02/05/1901
Completed: 05/1901
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 230
Dimensions: 92grt, 24nrt, 80.0 x 18.6 x 9.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (11.5 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109719
History:
28/05/1901 North Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd, Sunderland
1904 George Couper, Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire
1907 Adam M Couper, Helmsdale, Sutherlandshire
1920 Unknown owner, Spain
No later history known
Comments: 1901: Allocated fishing registration number SD62 at Sunderland
1904: Allocated fishing registration number WK719 at Wick
11/1915: Hired by the Admiralty as a boom defence vessel tender
1919: Returned to owners