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Name: THOR
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 26/11/1898
Completed: 01/1899
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 606
Dimensions: 205grt, 76nrt, 116.0 x 21.2 x 11.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 19.5 & 32 x 22.5ins), 61nhp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron & Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1899 Islands Handel & Fiskeri Akties, Copenhagen
by 1902 Dansk Damp Trawling Acties (Adolph Carl, manager), Copenhagen
1903 Government of Denmark, Copenhagen
by 1927 Government of Iceland (OT Sveinsson, manager), Vestmanao
1930 Wrecked
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Above photo is courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Shields Daily News, Monday, 28/11/1898