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