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Name: TYNE FISHER
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 10/06/1891
Completed: 09/1891
Builder: Anderson & Laverick
Yard: St Lawrence, Newcastle
Yard Number: 1
Dimensions: 110grt, 16nrt, 97.0 x 19.6 x 10.4ft; (by 1907: 122grt, 7nrt)
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 48nhp
Engines by: Hedley & Boyd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 96530
History:
09/1891 Tyne Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields
1907 A/S Karmøens Fiskerikompagni (D Tjøswold, manager), Skudeneshavn
1907 Renamed ERLING
31/07/1916 Sank
Comments: 31/07/1916: Sunk by U-Boat U35, 100 miles SW of Cagliari
On a voyage from Haugesund to Naples in ballast
Sunk as believed to have been sold to the Italian Navy


Above photo is copyright of John Anderson

Above photo is copyright of John Anderson

Above photo, showing the Anderson Laverick workforce is copyright of John Anderson

It is thought that Anderson (in the bowler hat) is on the left & Laverick (in another bowler hat) is to the right