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Name: PREMIER
Type: Trawler
Launched: 22/10/1888
Completed: 12/1888
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 89grt, 40nrt, 86.0 x 18.6 x 9.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 30 x 22ins), 40nhp
Engines by: Baird & Barnsley, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89838
History:
12/1888 G Scott Jr, North Shields
1907 Alexander Minty, Macduff
07/05/1918 Sank
Comments: 18/01/1889: Allocated fishing registration number SN56 at North Shields
1907: Allocated fishing registration number BF696 at Banff
29/05/1917: Requisitioned as a Fishery Reserve Vessel
07/05/1918: Captured by a U-Boat & sunk by gunfire 3 miles W of Loch Eynort, Skye
One crewman lost after they abandoned ship.