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Name: EPHRAIM
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 30/06/1908
Completed: 08/1908
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 381
Dimensions: 260grt, 101nrt, 125.6 x 22.1 x 12.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 82nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127564
History:
08/1908 West Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood
1913 Soc de Pécheries de la Mediterranée (J Arman, manager), Marseilles
1913 Renamed MARIE FRÉDÉRIC
16/05/1918 Sank
Comments: 1908: Allocated fishing registration number FD219 at Fleetwood
1913: Also seen as MARIE FRÉDÉRIQUE
1915: Requisitioned for French Naval service as a minesweeper.
16/05/1918: Mined and sunk north of Cap de Garde
Mine had been laid 10 days earlier by U-Boat UC54