Name: | THE ROMAN |
Type: | Fishing Vessel - Trawler |
Launched: | 15/09/1909 |
Completed: | 10/1909 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 414 |
Dimensions: | 224grt, 86nrt, 120.3 x 21.6 x 11.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 57nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 128749 |
History: | |
27/10/1909 | Neale Brothers, Milford |
1910 | Neale & West, Cardiff |
1919 | New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd |
13/07/1919 | Saxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
17/02/1939 | Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
1950 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1909: Allocated fishing registration number M35 at Milford |
1910: Allocated fishing registration number CF29 at Cardiff | |
11/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun | |
1919: Returned to owners | |
1919: Allocated fishing registration number FD151 at Fleetwood | |
12/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
10/1943: Converted to a fuelling trawler | |
1946: Returned to owners |
Above photo is copyright of John Clarkson, courtesy of the Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust
Above photo is copyright of Mark Stopper