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Name: PARRAMATTA
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 24/08/1891
Completed: 10/1891
Builder: Hepple & Co
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 460
Dimensions: 144grt, 30nrt, 105.4 x 20.6 x 11.0ft; (1905: 168grt, 46nrt, 119.0 x 20.6 x 10.8ft)
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 22ins), 60rhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 98767
History:
10/1891 John EA Kelsall, Manchester; registered at Hull
1897 Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Manchester; registered at Fleetwood
1899 Registered at Hull
1911 Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Hull
1925 Broken up
Comments: 10/10/1891: Allocated fishing registration number H170
04/09/1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD182
13/04/1899: Allocated fishing registration number H445
1905: Lengthened to 119.0ft
12/1914: Requisitioned for use as a minesweeper.
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
09/1915: Returned to owners


Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 25/08/1891