Tag: ww1-1916-07-31

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31/07/1916 Sunk by U Boat 19 miles S E of the Tyne

King James Built 1900 Schofield Hagerup & Doughty Grimsby for the Monarch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co

Her Details are 

• Official Number 113213
• Yard Number 13 
• GT 163 NT 75 
• Dimensions 105.5 x 21.1 x 10.7 
• Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 21 
• Engines Triple expansion with cylinders 11, 17, 28 in x 20 in 40rhp by Muir & Houston Ltd Glasgow   

Lost 31/07/1916 Captured & scuttled by U-39 15 miles Southeast of the Tyne She was returning from the Faroes fishing grounds to Grimsby at the time Conversely another position for her loss is given as 8 miles east of Seaham

Braconash Built 14/12/1901 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Ocean Trawling Co Ltd Aberdeen as Caspiana
11/1915 Bought by the Record Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Braconash and registered as GY 747 

Her Details are 

• Official Number 115558
• Yard Number 267
• GT 192 NT 42 
• Dimensions 109 x 20.9 x 10.7 
• Quarter deck 49 Foc’sle 19 

Captured and scuttled by a U-boat about 18 miles off the Tyne on the 31/07/1916