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Name: SWALLOW
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 03/04/1897
Completed: 05/1897
Builder: Edwards Brothers
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 543
Dimensions: 243grt, 79nrt, 133.7 x 21.6 x 10.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (13.5, 22.5 & 38 x 27ins), 70nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108523
History:
05/1897 Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester
29/03/1918 Sank
Comments: 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD167 at Fleetwood
1899: Allocated fishing registration number H97 at Hull
10/1914 10/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
29/03/1918: Run down & sunk by AUDAX when 5 miles S of Whitby


Above photo courtesy of Fleetwood Trawlers