Name: | SOUTH ESK or SOUTHESK |
Launched: | 03/01/1885 |
Completed: | 03/1885 |
Builder: | Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 125 |
Dimensions: | 184grt, 59nrt, 120.0 x 21.1 x 11.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (20 & 40 x 26ins), 65nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 90941 |
History: | |
05/03/1885 | J Johnstone & Sons, Montrose; registered at Montrose |
1886 | William D Johnstone & Sons, Montrose |
1901 | Goole & Hull Steam Towing Co Ltd; registered at Goole; renamed GOOLE NO 7 |
c1928 | Broken up |
Comments: | 11/01/1886: Hired by Wick Fish merchants to carry kippers to London |
because the trains were stuck in the snow | |
06/1889: Hired by the Fishery Board for Scotland to carry out | |
experimental trawling around the Isle of Skye | |
17/04/1914 to 06/06/1919: Requisitioned for Admiralty Service | |
20/02/1928: Register cancelled after being broken up |
Above photo as GOOLE NO 7 is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as GOOLE NO 7 is courtesy of George Robinson