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Name: HERCULES
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 26/07/1898
Completed: 08/1898
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 590
Dimensions: 165grt, 55nrt, 111.8 x 20.9 x 11.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (11.5, 18.5 & 30 x 22ins), 45nhp
Engines by: Great Central Co-operative Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109811
History:
08/1898 Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby
1915 Renamed HERCULES II
1922 Trawlers (White Sea & Grimsby) Ltd (JN & H Bacon), Grimsby
20/04/1940 Missing
Comments: 1898: Assigned fishing registration number GY811 at Grimsby
1914: Hired by the Admiralty & armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
20/04/1940: Last seen on this date, subsequently reported missing