Name: | MERCHANT PRINCE |
Type: | Trawler |
Launched: | 19/05/1898 |
Completed: | 06/1898 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 201 |
Dimensions: | 130grt, 23nrt, 96.0 x 19.3 x 10.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (16 & 32 x 22ins), 47nhp |
Engines by: | GT Grey & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105229 |
History: | |
18/06/1898 | William Horsley Storey; registered at North Shields |
1903 | Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin, manager), North Shields |
03/08/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/06/1898: Allocated fishing registration number SN253 at North Shields |
03/08/1916: Sunk by U-Boat UB39, 14 miles SE of the Farne Islands |