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Name: SULBY
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 03/02/1909
Completed: 03/1909
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 401
Dimensions: 287grt, 111nrt, 130.3 x 23.0 x 12.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (13, 22.5 & 37 x 27ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127563
History:
03/1909 Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd (JN Ward & Son, Fleetwood
13/03/1926 George Hindle, Wilpshire, Lancashire
16/02/1931 Islay Trawlers Ltd (Henry Melling, manager), Fleetwood
10/03/1931 Cape Fisheries Ltd, London
05/07/1932 Alexander Keay, Fleetwood & Andrew Wilson, Buckie
18/03/1933 Alexander Keay, Fleetwood
21/11/1939 Sank
Comments: 1909: Allocated fishing registration number FD87 at Fleetwood
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
21/11/1939: Sunk by gunfire from U-Boat U33, 35 miles NW of Rathin Island


Above photo is copyright of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust

Above photo is copyright of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust