NEW BRIDGE

Date1906

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsGross Tonnage: 228 tons
Length: 125.7
Breadth: 21.9
Depth: 8.9

Object numberABDSHIP003030.49

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: J. Duthie Sons & Co.
Official Number: 122395.

Fate: Sank following a collision off Prawle Point, Devon, 19 November 1917.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1906: Tetten Hall St. Fishing, Fleetwood, fishing number FD55.
05/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a minesweeper. Armament 1 x 3 pdr gun. Admiralty number 963.
(Gerald Toghill (2004), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two: Requisitioned Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 316)

General History:
'Sank following a collision with an un-named vessel off Prawle Point. Wreck lies 55m deep with a 40 degree list to port with anti-sub. howitzer and 6pdr. gun still fitted, and no obvious signs of damage.
50.01.51N. 03.44.00W'
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 1, section 5)