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Photograph in album showing John Lewis built vessel Freeland
Freeland
Photograph in album showing John Lewis built vessel Freeland
Photograph in album showing John Lewis built vessel Freeland

Freeland

coaster, built 1919
About MeSteel coaster built by John Lewis & Sons Limited, Aberdeen, in 1919.
Yard Number 69.
Length 164 feet 7 inches, Breadth 26 feet 10 inches, Depth 13 feet 2 inches
Gross tonnage: 574 ton

Renamed: FIRTH FISHER (1934)

Engine number 150, boiler no. 110.
Vessel completed 25 September 1919.
Builder's certificate dated 16 September 1919.

On July 23 1924 this vessel, owned by Freeland Shipping Co., Liverpool, struck a rock in Ramsey Sound. The bottom was damaged, beached on Goodwick Sands.

In January 1934, the vessel was sold by Freeland Shipping Co., Liverpool to James Fisher & Sons, Barrow, to be renamed FIRTH FISHER.

Mined near Boulogne 21st May 1940.

Shipbuilder:
John Lewis & Sons
Owner:
J W Fisher & Company, Liverpool
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