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Name: OTTER
Type: Trawler
Launched: 18/10/1888
Completed: 12/1888
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 144
Dimensions: 117grt, 40nrt, 97.0 x 19.0 x 10.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 34 x 22ins), 45nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 93487
History:
1888 George Alderson Smith, Scarborough
24/09/1916 Sank
Comments: 19/12/1888: Allocated fishing registration number SH70 at Scarborough
24/09/1916: Captured by U-Boat and sunk by gunfire 20 miles NE from Scarborough.
Skipper E Stockwell & crew took to the small boat.


Above painting courtesy of Allan Eastwood