Le Glorieux GN
Built | 1885 David Allan & Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (Wood) |
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Owner at New | J & W. Dossaer & Co, Ostend Belgium |
ID no | 91658 |
Launch Date | 1885 |
Completed | 1885 |
Gross Tons | 119 |
Nett Tons | 44 |
Engine | 35 hp C.2-cyl by Hutson & Corbett Ltd, Glasgow |
Length | 98.3ft |
Breadth | 21ft |
Depth | 10.5ft |
Owners | |
1885 | Registered at Ostend |
01.05.1887 | Owned by Guybon Hutson, Glasgow Bought & Sold same day 01.05.1887 |
01.05.1887 | Owned by James Muirhead, Granton Edinburgh (owner/ manager) |
1887 | Ostend registry closed. |
05.05.1887 | Registered at Granton |
27.05.1889 | Hired along with S.T. "Kingfisher" GN 4 & S.T. "Ocean Rover" GN 2 by the Admiralty laying down torpedoes & for torpedo trials in the Firths of Forth & Tay during July. |
20.03.1891 | Towed into Granton by S.T. "Athena" SN 5 after her trawl fouling the propeller off St. Abbs Head. |
28.12.1894 | Ran aground on Callot Shad, Berwick while sheltering from bad weather, refloated on the next tide. |
09.09.1895 | Struck by S.T. "St Bernard" GN 44 and sank 6 miles SE off St Abbs Head. Skipper Alexander Drybrough & crew were saved. |
02.12.1895 | Skipper Alexander Drybrough was fined £5 or 14 days imprisonment for failing to keep a proper watch prior to the sinking. |
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