| Name: | GROUSE |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 15/04/1897 |
| Completed: | 05/1897 |
| Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 550 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 39nrt, 106.0 x 20.5 x 11.0ft; (1910: 167grt, 65nrt, 118.3ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 18 & 30 x 21ins), 41nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 108525 |
| History: | |
| 05/1897 | Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester |
| 1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD169 at Fleetwood |
| 1899: Allocated fishing registration number H100 at Hull | |
| 1910: Lengthened to 118.3ft | |
| 10/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty for use as a minesweeper | |
| Armed with 1 x 12pdr gun | |
| 03/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 1928: Broken up |
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