Tag: ww1-1917-02-13

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

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

Barnsley built 24/09/1896 by Edwards Bros North Shields for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby 04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co.  10/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 05/1915 Returned to owners
12/1916 Bought by Mersey Steam Trawlers
13/02/1917 Lost Tuesday  Captured by U-Boat and sunk with bombs 13 miles North of Inishtrahull The Skipper and Chief Engineer were taken prisoner The trawler had been fishing and had a catch on board when sunk

Her details are

• Official Number 106673
• Yard Number 532
• Admiralty number FY 717
• GT 144 NT 46
• Dimensions 104 x 20.7 x 10.5
• Engines Triple expansion 9, 16, 25½ x 19½ in Made by N E Marine Co Newcastle

13/02/1917 Sunk by U Boat 13 miles N of Inishtrahull