Name: | YARMOUTH |
Type: | Fishing Vessel |
Launched: | 08/08/1907 |
Completed: | 09/1907 |
Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 357 |
Dimensions: | 235grt, 91nrt, 120.4 x 21.06 x 11.6ft; (1949: 242grt, 97nrt) |
Engines: | T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 68nhp; (1949: Oil engine, 8cyl, 450bhp) |
Engines by: | WVV Lidgerwood, Glasgow; (Porn & Dunwoody Ltd, London) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117737 |
History: | |
09/1907 | Western Steam Trawling Co Ltd (SM Price), Bristol |
07/1919 | Saxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
25/07/1919 | Registered at Fleetwood |
17/02/1939 | Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
10/1948 | Chantiers & Armement Seghers, Ostend |
1949 | Charles & Victor Seghers, Ostend |
04/12/1950 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1907: Allocated fishing registration number BL9 at Bristol |
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
Armed with 1 x 3pdr gun & 1 x 7.5ins A/S howitzer | |
02/1915: Temporarily renamed YARMOUTH II | |
1919: Returned to owner | |
1919: Allocated fishing registration number FD334 at Fleetwood | |
1949: Rebuilt by Chantiers & Armement Seghers, Ostend | |
1949: Re-engined | |
1949: Allocated fishing registration number O336 at Ostend | |
04/12/1950: Stranded Scroby Sands near Great Yarmouth | |
Various attempts to refloat her failed | |
01/1953: Engulfed by sands in storms |
Above photo is courtesy of Barry Banham
Above photo is courtesy of Barry Banham