Technical

Official Number: 95845
Yard Number: 53
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 148
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 103 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 50nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1890
Speed: 10 knots

History

1890: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.53) for George Beeching, Hull & Thomas Kelsall, Manchester as MANDALAY.
27.8.1890: Registered at Hull (H105).
8.1890: Completed.
1896: Sold to George Beeching & Co, Hull & Fleetwood.
1.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Dyer, Fleetwood.
1.1897: Hull registry closed.
18.1.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD146).
1.1.1899: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull (John E. A. Kelsall, manager.
1899: Transferred to Hull.
4.1899: Registered at Hull (H77).
12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
22.10.1904: The Dogger Bank Incident. Damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
14.2.1908: Stranded at Ravenscar in thick fog; all crew saved. Vessel CTL.
25.2.1908: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Mandalay FD146
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.