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Name: UNICORN
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 11/02/1895
Completed: 03/1895
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 498
Dimensions: 134grt, 28nrt, 90.7 x 20.1 x 10.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (10, 16 & 25.5 x 19.5ins), 29nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 104195
History:
03/1895 J Mackrill & Sons, Grimsby
1907 James Campbell, Lossiemouth
1920 Francis T Hare, Tavistock; registered at Milford
1922 Hare Steamship Co Ltd, Plymouth
08/04/1923 Sank
Comments: 1920: Converted to a dry cargo ship
08/04/1923: Foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall