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 |