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Name: THISTLE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 30/09/1901
Completed: 11/1901
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 234
Dimensions: 157grt, 34nrt, 105.0 x 20.5 x 11.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (11, 18 & 30 x 22ins), 50nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114511
History:
11/1901 Purdy Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields
1920 Andrew Walker, Aberdeen
1928 Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Lowestoft), Grimsby
04/1936 Broken up
Comments: 18/11/1901: Allocated fishing registration number SN311 at North Shields
03/1914: Requisitioned & converted to minesweeper, based at Lerwick
1919: Returned to owners
1920: Allocated fishing registration number A300 at Aberdeen
1928: Allocated fishing registration number LT408 at Lowestoft
04/1936: Broken up by Clayton & Davies Ltd at Dunston, Gateshead