Technical

Official Number: 122936
Yard Number: 514
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

26.2.1906: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.514) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as GLADYS.
19.3.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD61). George E. J. Moody, Grimsby desgnated manager.
3.1906: Completed.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 105.66net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
21.1.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.45) while fishing 40 miles NW by W of Inishtrahull and sunk by gunfire; crew saved.
26.1.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Gladys FD61
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
15/05/2107: Added image.