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Name: MINER NO 15
Launched:
Completed: 1881
Builder: Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 437
Dimensions: 49grt, 33nrt, 65.0 x 14.6 x 6.8ft
Engines: 2 x 2cyl, 16nhp
Engines By: Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a; (1907: 122126)
History:
1881 British Government - War Office
1907 Port Hood Richmond Railway Coal Co Ltd, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1907 Renamed MINER; registered at Halifax, Nova Scotia
1913 David Rudderham, North Sydney, Cape Breton Island
1913 Southern Salvage Co Ltd; registered at Liverpool, Nova Scotia
19/08/1914 Sank
Comments: Built for War Office Mining service
Tenders to fixed defensive mining at Dockyards
Also used as light tugs
Thought to have become MINER but could be an earlier tug in the series
19/8/1914: Sank at Marie-a-Dieu, Cape Breton Island
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details