Technical

Official Number: 108528
Yard Number: 545
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 78
Length: 133.7 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne

History

1.6.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.545) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as MARTIN.
21.6.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD172).
6.1897: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H187).
1912: Change of address, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull (John E. A. Kelsall, London & George Beeching, Hull, managers).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 74.71 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.414).
20.3.1915: Name change sanctioned by BoT Minute M7058/1915.
17.4.1915: Registered at Hull as MARTIN II (H187).
14.4.1917: Foundered after being in collision.
30.7.1917: Hull registry closed “Vessel sunk after collision 14th April 1917 whilst on Admiralty service”.

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.