Along side Middle Pier circa 1938
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Captian Walter Lyle Hume Isle of Wight
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Along side Middle Pier circa 1938 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Captian Walter Lyle Hume Isle of Wight |
Moray GN 105
| Built | 1918 Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe Essex as "Henry Jennings" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 1315 |
| Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.3848) |
| ID no | 147964 |
| Launch Date | 09.1918 |
| Completed | 22.07.1919 |
| Gross Tons | 206 |
| Nett Tons | 79 |
| Engine | C.4-cyl 11" & 22" - 10" steam engine driving experimental water jet propulsion. |
| Length | 115.4ft |
| Breadth | 22.1ft |
| Depth | 12.1ft |
| Owners | |
| 1919 | New Boiler fitted |
| 09.1920 | Renamed "URE" |
| 09.1920 | Registered at London by The Admiralty for trials. |
| 1921 | Experimental water jet propulsion replaced with a conventional shafting and propeller |
| 1922 | Sold to the Mercantile |
| 1922 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston Lincs. (Fred Parkes manager) |
| 1922 | London registry closed |
| 1923 | Renamed "ABY" |
| 1923 | Registered at Boston BN 19 |
| 1924 | (Re-engined with 78 hp T.3-cyl by Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury) |
| 1925 | Owned by General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh (Adam E. Noble manager) |
| 12.1928 | Boston registry closed. |
| 27.12.1928 | Renamed "MORAY" |
| 27.12.1928 | Registered at Granton GN 105 |
| 07.05.1930 | General Steam Fishing Co Ltd placed into voluntary liquidation. |
| 04.06.1930 | Advertised by the liquidator for sale in the Scotsman newspaper along with "Buccleugh", "Rosebery" and "Lothian". |
| 07.1930 | Owned by Archibald Glen Brown, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager) (After the purchase of the General Steam Fishing Co Ltd). |
| 13.10.1932 | Ran aground near St Monans Fife. |
| 14.10.1932 | Refloated & returned to Granton 10 shell plates bent, repairs cost £100. At the subsequent Board of Trade enquiry Deckhand Peter Horne was fined £5 for falling asleep at the wheel. |
| 1939 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Arthur Parkes manger) fishing from Fleetwood. |
| 16.04.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Dan Laying Vessel (Hire rate £61.16s.0d/month). |
| 22.10.1941 | Converted for as a Water Carrier (Boiler feed) |
| 10.11.1942 | Employed on miscellaneous duties |
| 13.03.1943 | Foundered off St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. ( Raised ?) |