Technical

Official Number: 109845
Yard Number: 445
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 200
Net Tonnage: 69
Length: 115.1 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (engine made 1894 fitted 1899)
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.12.1898: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.445) for The Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as STOIC.
20.1.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1015).
1.1899: Completed (George E. J. Moody, manager).
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1915: Defensively armed.
10.7.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.53) 55 miles S by W of south point of the island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands and sunk by gunfire. Crew abandoned in boat and later taken to Suðuroy.
14.8.1917: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a Submarine”.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
06/08/2021: Amended position for loss.