Name: | ADMIRAL |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1866 |
Builder: | T Hepple & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 149grt, 38nrt, 115.9 x 19.7 x 10.7ft; (1869: 25nrt); (1881: 21nrt); (1890: 30nrt) |
Engines: | L1cyl (40 x 60ins), 60nhp |
Engines by: | T Hepple & Son |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 55461 |
History: | |
1866 | United Steam Towing & Navigation Co, Glasgow |
08/01/1868 | Registered at Greenock |
20/09/1869 | Robert Heron Steel, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
09/1886 | William Hepple, North Shields |
1887 | David Bevan, Swansea & William Hepple, North Shields |
10/09/1891 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/08/1866: Bow damaged in a collision with CELT off Great Harbour, Greenock |
1887: Converted to a trawler, fishing registration number GW1 at Glasgow | |
10/09/1891: Foundered 14nm off Spurn Head after breaking her connecting rod | |
On a voyage from Grimsby to Swansea. Crew landed safely at Saltfleet |