Technical
Official Number: 109706
Yard Number: 217
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 142
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.5 ft
Built: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by G. T. Grey, South Shields
History
30.1.1900: Launched by J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields (Yd.No.217) for The Vedra Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Sunderland as MINERVA.
2.1900: Completed (James Hall, manager).
28.2.1900: Registered at Sunderland (SD13).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 56.0 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1915: Sold to William Grant, Grimsby (managing owner).
10. 1915: Sunderland registry closed.
21.10.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY732).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed MINERVA IV.
1919: Released and reverted to MINERVA (GY732).
1920: New boiler.
10.1922: Sold to Wear Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Sunderland (James Hall, manager).
20.10.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
10.1922: Registered at Sunderland (SD13).
1937: Sold to A. M. Garden, Peterhead.
1937: Sold to Trawlers (IoM) Ltd, Douglas (James F. Hawley, manager). Sunderland registry closed. Registered at Douglas (DO24).
1938: Sold to Andrew Wilson, Buckie & others. Douglas registry closed. Registered at Buckie as HAZAEL (BCK138).
1939: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
1940: Owners opened office in Fleetwood.
29.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters.
74 kits – cod/codling-24, whiting-24, flats-11, roker-15.
Pre 1952: Managers became Hazael Fishing Co Ltd (J. Thain).
15.6.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood 204 boxes 20 baskets grossed £711 (£678 net).
6.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
19.9.1954: Delivered Preston.
12.1954: Breaking up completed. Buckie registry closed.
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Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
25/09/2014: Picture added.
26/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
27/12/2020: Updated history.