Name: | SUNBEAM |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Drifter |
Launched: | 28/07/1903 |
Completed: | 08/1903 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 719 |
Dimensions: | 79grt, 18nrt, 80.0 x 18.1 x 8.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115106 |
History: | |
14/09/1903 | Andrew Bremner, Wick |
1924 | William Oag,Wick |
13/05/1925 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Launch date confirmed by TIC records |
1903: Allocated fishing registration number WK638 at Wick | |
01/1916: Hired by the Admiralty as a collier & tender | |
08/1918: Renamed SUNDORA | |
1919: Returned to owners & reverted to original name | |
13/05/1925: Wrecked NW of Duncansby Head |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 30/07/1903