Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 108457
Yard Number: 176
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 158.11
Net Tonnage: 67 .03
Length: 101.0 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
Engine: 290ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

18.2.1897: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.176) for Arctic Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as VERBENA.
16.3.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY269).
16.3.1897: Edwin Bacon appointed manager.
3.1897: Completed
1.9.1903: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Edwin bacon Snr & John George Bates (joint mortgagees)(A).
1.10.1904: Mortgage (A) discharged.
6.10.1904: Sold to associates of Christian & Nicolay Lindtner, Stavanger.
7.10.1904: Grimsby registry closed.
10.1904: Registered at Stavanger.
31.8.1906: Sold to Arctic Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.1906: Re-measured 157.79g 61.40n.
1.9.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY176).
1.9.1906: Edwin Bacon appointed manager.
11.5.1911: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
11.5.1911: Alick Black, Grimsby appointed manager.
15.5.1911: Vessel mortgaged to Alick Black, Grimsby for the sum of £3,000 with interest at 5% (B).
7.6.1911: Mortgage (B) discharged.
7.6.1911: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
27.5.1914: Mortgage (C) discharged.
28.5.1914: Sold to The Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (H. Croft Baker, manager).
30.6.1914: Vessel mortgage (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.827).
12.1915: Renamed VERBENA II.
1.10.1918: Mortgagee re-styled London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London.
10.1918: Returned to owner.
2.10.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
3.12.1918: Reverted to VERBENA (GY176).
3.12.1918: Harry Wood appointed manager.
3.12.1918: Shares sold to Wilfred Harris (12/64), Hull; Harry Wood (12/64), Grimsby; Tena Blau (12/64), Cleethorpes; Marie Wood (8/64), Grimsby; Thomas Alfred Shackles (8/64), Grimsby and John Charles Cole (12/64), Grimsby.
3.12.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (six mortgages (E)(F)(G)(H)(I)(J)) (Harry Wood managing owner).
28.5.1919: Mortgages (E)(F)(G)(H)(I)(J) discharged.
30.5.1919: Wilfred Harris (12/64) sold 4/64 shares to Tena Blau (16/64); Harry Wood (12/64) sold 8/64 shares to Charles Leopold Granville Chapman, Grimsby (8/64); Thomas Alfred Shackles (8/64) sold 8/64 shares to Isidore Wood, Grimsby (8/64); John Charles Cole (12/64) sold 8/64 shares to Sidney Wood, Grimsby (8/64) and 4/64 shares to Harry Wood (16/64).
30.5.1919: Harry Wood appointed manager.
30.5.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (K)(L)(M)(N)(O)(P)(Q).
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
2.1925: Sold for breaking up.
19.2.1925: Grimsby registry closed “… except for mortgages (K)(L)(M)(N)(O)(P)(Q). Ship broken up”.