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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