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Name: NORTHERN PRINCE
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 30/10/1913
Completed: 12/1913
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard: Stone Quay, South Shields
Yard Number: 299
Dimensions: 208grt, 81nrt, 115.3 x 22.2 x 11.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 82rhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133320
History:
16/12/1913 Prince Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields (Richard Irvin, manager)
22/07/1915 Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Richard Irvin, manager)
1919 R Thomson (Staithes) Ltd, North Shields
1920 F & T Ross Ltd, Hull
02/02/1920 Renamed CARDEW
by 1930 Sutton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool (Albert R Sutton, Scarborough, manager)
1937 Hartlepool Box Factory Ltd, Hartlepool (Albert R Sutton, Scarborough, manager)
1939 Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A Parkes, manager)
1940 North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A Parkes, manager).
1942 Malcolm Smith Ltd, Aberdeen
1946 Glen Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen
1952 Broken up
Comments: The last ship from Stone Quay before it was handed over to Middle Docks
16/12/1913: Allocated fishing registration number SN282 at North Shields
08/1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr HA gun
1919: Returned to owner
06/1919: Allocated fishing registration number WY40 at Whitby
02/02/1920: Allocated fishing registration number H157 at Hull
02/12/1939: Picked up eight survivors from Swedish steamer RUDOLF (2119grt/1913) sunk by U-Boat U56 in the Firth of Tay
01/02/1943: Allocated fishing registration number A559 at Aberdeen
1952: Broken up by J Cameron at Peterhead