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Dania


		
Technical
Official Number 120474
Yard Number 758
Launched November 1904
Gross Tonnage196
Net Tonnage74
Length115.2 ft
Breadth21.5 ft
Draught11.2 ft
EngineT.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields, 1904
OwnerCroston Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood
History
November 1904 Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.758) for Birt & Hextall Ltd, Milford Haven (G H D Birt, manager) as DANIA.
November 1904Registered at London (LO187).
November 1904Completed.
July 1905Off the Spanish coast in storm force conditions, William Shepherd (23), bosun, washed overboard and drowned (Sk. J. Huddlestone).
1907Sold to Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool.
1916 Sold to Croston Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, Thornton, manager).
March 24 1917Re-registered at London (LO187).
May 29 1917Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919Returned (Taylor & Tomlinson Ltd, managers).
February 21 1919London registry closed.
February 24 1919Registered at Fleetwood (FD22).
1924Managers became New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd.
February 01 1927Sk. H. Buckley was fined £20 plus costs at Bangor for trawling within the limits of the Anglesey coast.
1936Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for demolition.
1937Delivered Preston.
December 13 1927Fleetwood registry closed. Demolition completed.