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Technical

Official Number: 98767
Yard Number: 460
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.87
Net Tonnage: 30.40
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields

History

24.8.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.460) for John E. A. Kelsall (64/64), Manchester as PARRAMATTA.
10.1891: Completed.
10.10.1891: Registered at Hull (H170). John E. A. Kelsall designated Managing owner. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
30.5.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, manager).
9.1897: Hull registry closed.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD182).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H445).
28.3.1904: In North Sea (Sk. G. Smith). At 8.50am. struck steam trawler ADRIATIC (H448) (Sk. W. Wood) on port side while she was dead in the water boarding boat for cutter. Crew took to boat and picked up by steam trawler THRUSH (H703). At about 11.00am. ADRIATIC foundered. Returned to Hull with bows stove in and landed survivors.
22.5.1905: Lengthened to 119.0 ft 168g 63n.
22.5.1905: Hull registry closed on lengthening and vessel registered anew (H445).
10.10.1905: At Hull landed ten survivors of the barque DEA London for Frederikstad with a cargo of coke which foundered in the North Sea in heavy weather.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.679 later 814).
9.1915: Returned to owner at Hull.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
7.6.1919: John Slater, London appointed manager.
1925: Sold for breaking up.
29.6.1925: Hull registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Parramatta H445 Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
17/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.