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Name: IMPERIAL PRINCE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 11/05/1899
Completed: 08/1899
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 210
Dimensions: 128grt, 21nrt, 96.0 x 19.1 x 10.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 34 x 22ins), 47nhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109904
History:
15/08/1899 William Horsley Storey; registered at North Shields
1903 Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin, manager), North Shields
10/1914 Andrew Walker; registered at Aberdeen
19/10/1923 Wrecked
Comments: 15/08/1899: Allocated fishing registration number SN26 at North Shields
10/1914: Allocated fishing registration number A146 at Aberdeen
1917: Requisitioned as a Fishery Reserve Vessel
1919: Returned to Owners
19/10/1923: Wrecked in heavy fog at Black Dog 5 miles north of Aberdeen
Two crewmen lost. Seven saved by Lifeboat