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S.T. Majestic FD181


 	  	 
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Technical
Official Number 98714
Gross Tonnage146
Length97.24 ft
Breadth20.6 ft
Draught11 ft
Built byCochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley
OwnerKelsall Bros & Beeching
History
October 29 1890 Launched as MAJESTIC (H120) for John Kelsall, Manchester.
1895 Transferred to J. Kelsall, Fleetwood (Kelsall & Co, managers).
1897 Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Fleetwood.
September 04 1897Registered at Fleetwood (FD181).
1899Transferred to Hull when the company moved to the port (J. E. A. Kelsall, manager).
May 12 1899Fleetwood registration closed.
1899Registered at Hull (H444).
1904Lengthened to 105.4 ft - 152g (154g) 61n
October 22 1904The Dogger Bank Incident. Shelled and damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
1910 Sold to J. S. McGillivray, Banff, converted to a drifter. Registered at Banff (BF478).
November 01 1911 In collision in River Yare with FORWARD (BF624) which subsequently sank.
May 1917 Sold to H. Smethurst, Grimsby. Registered at Grimsby (GY1054).
November 1917 1917: Sold to J. Johnson, Scarborough.
September 05 1918 Sold to A. W. Green, Grimsby.
September 1919 Renamed Sun-Flame (GY1054).
January 1920 Sold to Great Yarmouth Steam Trawlers Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (George H. Hansell, manager). Registered at Yarmouth (YH229).
1926 Sold for demolition.
November 126 1926 Yarmouth registry closed.