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Name: CATO
Type: Fishing Vessel - Drifter
Launched: 20/05/1901
Completed: 07/1901
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 659
Dimensions: 77grt, 25nrt, 80.0 x 18.0 x 8.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (10.75 & 23 x 16ins), 22nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113223
History:
10/07/1901 Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
1907 John D Buchan, Peterhead; renamed MIZPAH; registered at Banff
1910 Registered at Peterhead
1919 George G Wood, Banff; registered at Banff
1927 Broken up
Comments: 1901: Allocated fishing registration number GY1220 at Grimsby
1907: Allocated fishing registration number BF494 at Banff
1910: Allocated fishing registration number PD552 at Peterhead
08/1915: Hired by the Admiralty as a net vessel
1919: Returned to owners
1919: Allocated fishing registration number BF114 at Banff


Above photo as CATO is copyright of Lancashire County Council