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Name: BEN NEVIS
Type: Trawler
Launched: 15/04/1897
Completed: 05/1897
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 191
Dimensions: 124grt, 19nrt, 95.0 x 19.0 x 10.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 33 x 22ins), 45nhp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106543
History:
05/1897 North British Steam Fishing Co (John H Irvin, manager), Aberdeen
16/02/1900 Wrecked
Comments: 31/05/1897: Allocated fishing registration number A821 at Aberdeen
16/02/1900: Wrecked at Kirkton Head, St Fergus near Peterhead in SE force 10 winds
All 8 crew died