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Name: TWENTY
Type: Fishing Vessel - Drifter
Launched: 31/07/1901
Completed: 08/1901
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 666
Dimensions: 78grt, 25nrt, 80.0 x 18.0 x 8.2ft; (1914: 78grt, 34nrt)
Engines: C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 111096
History:
03/09/1901 Smith's Dock Trust Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth
1914 William Wood, Portessie, Banffshire; renamed ELEVATE
1914 Registered at Buckie
10/1927 Broken up
Comments: Launch delayed from 22/07/1901 because she stuck on the launch ways
Second attempt at launching on the 30/07/1901 also failed
1901: Allocated fishing registration number YH614 at Yarmouth
1914: Allocated fishing registration number BCK199 at Buckie


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 31/07/1901

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 02/08/1901