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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