King Alfred Built 1899 Schofield Hagerup & Doughty Grimsby for the Monarch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Captured and scuttled by the German submarine minelayer UC-44, approx 75 miles South of Fair Isle
The skipper of the trawler was taken prisoner and landed at Heligoland the U-Boat base
16/02/1917 The crew were landed at Whitby with the exception of the Master who was taken as a prisoner of war.
Her Details are
- Official Number 110892
- Yard Number 3
- GT 159 NT 66
- Dimensions 105.7 x 21.1 x 10.7
- Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 21
- Engines Triple expansion 11, 17, 28 x 20 in 40 rhp by Muir & Houston Glasgow
13/02/1917 Sunk by U Boat 75 miles S of Fair Isle