UNICORN  M139

Official No:  104195   Port Number and Year:       -    in Grimsby, 1895 (GY746)                                                                                  2nd in Inverness, 1907 (INS249)                                                                                 11th in Milford, 1920

Description: Iron; steam screw, coal burning. Drift nets and lining. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail, mizzen

Crew:  8 men

Registered at Milford: 12 Aug 1920

Built: 1895, by Edward Bros., North Shields.  (Yard no. 498)

Tonnage: 123.4 grt  45.62 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  90.7  / 20.15 / 10.65

Engine: T-3Cyl. 40 nhp. 10 kts.  Engine and boiler: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Sunderland.

Owners:   As GY746 Mar 1895: J. R. MacKrill, Grimsby   As INS249 Jan 1907: James Cambell, 11 James St., Lossiemouth.   As M139 12 Aug1920: Sarah Isabel Hancock, 6 Waterloo Rd., Hakin   19 Aug 1920: Lagos & General Shipping Co., 28 Queen's Sq., Bristol (As cargo ship.)

Landed at Milford: 5 Jan - 19 Jul 1920

Skippers:

Notes: Jun 1915: Taken up by the Admiralty (No. 2196) as net layer UNICORN. 1 x 3 pdr. 1919: Returned to owners. 7 Oct 1920: Ceased to be used for fishing; converted to cargo ship. 8 Apr 1923: Carrying a cargo of bricks and tiles from Bridgewater to Jersey, sank in heavy seas off Rame Head. No lives lost.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 14 Apr 1923.

 

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