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Name: GILLYGATE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 28/09/1905
Completed: 10/1905
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 786
Dimensions: 207grt, 81nrt, 117.5 x 21.6 x 11.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 23ins), 523nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120624
History:
10/1905 Phoenix Trawling Co Ltd (GHD Birt), London
1925 North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd (JA Harrow), Aberdeen
1925 Renamed AVONGLEN
19/09/1934 Sank
Comments: 1905: Allocated fishing registration number LO231 at London
02/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
1925: Allocated fishing registration number A137 at Aberdeen
19/09/1934: Foundered 105 miles NE by N of Buchan Ness
All crew saved


Shields Daily News, Friday, 29/09/1905