Name: | TUSKAR |
Launched: | 1870 |
Completed: | 06/1870 |
Builder: | Hepple T & Son, Low Walker, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 97gt, 14nrt, 90.7 x 18.1 x 9.2ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (34.7 x 54ins), 41nhp |
Engines by: | Hepple T & Son, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60552 |
History: | |
10/06/1870 | Charles Octavius Young et al; registered at North Shields |
by 1875 | Charles Octavius Young, Cardiff |
by 1878 | Charles W Christie, Cardiff |
05/01/1881 | William Mc Bean, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough |
1888 | William T Sellers, Scarborough |
1891 | Appleby & Brogden, Scarborough |
07/01/1895 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/01/1881: Allocated fishing registration number SH45 at Scarborough |
07/01/1895: Sank 18m ESE of Scarborough, skipper Chas Donkin and crew of 6 picked up by the trawling smack RELIANCE of Grimsby | |
Tuskar had trawled up a large stone in her net and whilst hauling the stone in the cod end hit the side of the ship as she rolled in heavy seas causing her plates to fail | |
Thanks to George Westwood for the above details |