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Technical

Official Number: 56262
Tonnage: 52
Length: 67 ft
Breadth: 18 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Rig: Smack-trawling

History

1867: Completed at Hull for George Anderson, 37 Humber Street, Hull as BETSEY and SARAH.
26.4.1867: Registered at Hull (H463).
27.4.1867: Appropriated.
By 1875: Owned by David Foyston, 3 Strickland Street, Hull.
1888: Sold to Lawrence Fish, 26 West Street, Fleetwood & others. Lawrence Fish managing owner.
1889: Sold to Thomas Roskell, 1 Victoria Street, Fleetwood & others. Thomas Roskell managing owner. Hull registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD27). 1889: Sold to William Alexander Currie, Belfast for use by Belfast Harbour Board as an ‘auxiliary pilot tender and wreck light vessel’.
1890: Fleetwood registry closed. On completion of conversion and overhaul registered at Belfast as BERTHA.
7.6.1911: Reported sold to Mr J. C. W. Rea on behalf of the Bangor Committee for the Celebration of the Coronation (of George V) for £25.
22.6.1911: On the evening of the Coronation at 10.00pm, loaded with “highly inflammable material” towed out to the middle of Bangor Harbour and set alight, along with many bonfires around the harbour.
1911: Belfast registry closed.

Changelog
15/12/2012: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
23/09/2014: Information updated.
01/10/2020: Updated history.