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 
02/08/1916 Germans are short of Brass. Before sinking the ‘Braconash’ ‘King James’ and ‘Titania’ the German’s went on board and stripped off every particle of brass and copper. All the copper screws, caps etc were likewise filched.

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