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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