Name: | LASS O'GOWRIE |
Launched: | 19/07/1883 |
Completed: | 10/1883 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 109 |
Dimensions: | 128grt, 41nrt, 106.0 x 19.8 x 9.7ft; (1889: 33nrt); (1914: 51nrt) |
Engines: | SL1cyl (37 x 54ins), 70nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 86379 |
History: | |
09/10/1883 | David Edwards & Robert Anderson; registered at Dundee |
1889 | Cosens & Co Ltd; registered at Weymouth; renamed ALBERT VICTOR |
1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built as a passenger vessel with towing capability |
A Rennoldson contract with the hull sub-contracted to Eltringham | |
1915 to 1919: On Admiralty service | |
1918: Converted to mine laying vessel, laid 8 mines |
Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library
Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library
Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library
Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library
Above shows LASS O'GOWRIE on the right. Photo copyright of Dundee Central Library
Above photo as ALBERT VICTOR at Weymouth. Photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ALBERT VICTOR at Weymouth. Photo courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid
Dundee Courier, Tuesday, 09/10/1883