Name: | HYACINTH |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 28/07/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 718 |
Dimensions: | 79grt, 18nrt, 80.0 x 18.1 x 8.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117481 |
History: | |
24/08/1903 | The Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft |
06/1919 | William H East Snr, Milford Haven |
25/03/1924 | Sank |
Comments: | Launch date confirmed by TIC records |
1903: Allocated fishing registration number LT997 at Lowestoft | |
05/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a net vessel; renamed HYACINTH II | |
1919: Allocated fishing registration number M173 at Milford | |
25/03/1924: Foundered 20 miles off Holyhead |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 30/07/1903