Name: | NORTH TYNE |
Type: | Fishing vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 28/05/1903 |
Completed: | 1903 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 244 |
Dimensions: | 79grt, 16nrt, 80.0 x 18.1 x 8.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl, 35nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99480 |
History: | |
26/03/1904 | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
1906 | Durham W Fitzgerald, South Shields |
1908 | Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft; renamed VESPER STAR |
1926 | John McKenzie, Banff; registered at Buckie |
17/09/1936 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1903: Built for builders account (for stock) |
1903: Allocated fishing registration number SSS3 at South Shields | |
1910: Allocated fishing registration number LT94 at Lowestoft | |
05/1915: Hired by the Admiralty for service as a net vessel | |
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun | |
1919: Returned to owners | |
1926: Allocated fishing registration number BCK439 at Buckie | |
17/09/1936: Sold for breaking up at Bo'ness. Price £145 | |
1936: Broken up by P & W MacLellan |
Above photo as VESPER STAR is copyright of Michael Boagey