Name: | NEW CENTURY |
Type: | Trawler |
Launched: | 03/07/1901 |
Completed: | 08/1901 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 231 |
Dimensions: | 143grt, 34nrt, 100.5 x 20.1 x 10.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (11, 18 & 30 x 21ins), 46rhp |
Engines by: | GT Grey, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114636 |
History: | |
08/1901 | The Steam Trawler "New Century" Ltd, (WS Dawson, manager), Sunderland |
1906 | Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields |
1914 | Gumruk Dairesi, Constantinople, Turkey; renamed RUSUMAT NO 1 |
1924 | Turkish Customs service, Turkey |
1929 | Sold |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1901: Allocated fishing registration number SD65 at Sunderland |
01/05/1906: Allocated fishing registration number SN37 at North Shields | |
07/12/1910: Ran ashore at Goswick Sand ridge, Northumberland. Lost propeller | |
Subsequently recovered and repaired | |
1914: Requisitioned into the Turkish Navy and converted to a minesweeper | |
1918: Returned to owners |