New Comet  GN 75

Built 1910   Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd,  Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 458
   
Owner at New William  Johnston,  Newhaven Edinburgh (owner/manager)
   
ID no 131821
   
Launch Date 28.04.1910
   
Completed 05.1910
 
Gross Tons 177
   
Nett Tons 71
   
Engine 68 hp   T.3-cyl by  Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd,   Aberdeen
   
Length 110.4ft
   
Breadth 21.7ft
 
Depth 12ft
   
Owners  
25.05.1910 Registered at Granton  GN 75
05.1915 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1496).
20.01.1917 Sunk after striking a mine off Orford Ness Suffolk.
  Those Lost: -
  Clifford Blyth, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6847
Robert N. Burch, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11528
Arthur F. Clarke, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 215
James Crosby, Engineman, RNR, ES 4528
Henry Cumberland, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2176
Martin Gibbons, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2519
George A. Lake, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6561
Thomas Manzie, Engineman, RNR, ES 2919
Joseph H. Martin, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7534, DOW