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Name: VICTORIAN PRINCE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 14/09/1897
Completed: 10/1897
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 196
Dimensions: 126grt, 18nrt, 96.5 x 19.1 x 10.6ft; (1914: 126grt, 48nrt)
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 34 x 22ins), 47nhp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105223
History:
13/10/1897 William Horsley Storey, North Shields
1903 Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin, manager), North Shields
22/07/1915 Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields
1920 Thomas Main, Aberdeen
1932 Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd Aberdeen
1932 Broken up
Comments: 13/10/1897: Allocated fishing registration number SN242 at North Shields
06/1915: Requisitioned and converted to a Boom Defence Vessel
1917: Reduced to a Fishery Reserve Vessel
1919: Returned to Owners
1920: Allocated fishing registration number A292 at Aberdeen