ELK M36

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  113235   Port Number and Year:  13th Grimsby, 1902,  GY1235                                                                               12th in Milford, 1929.

Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail and mizzen

Crew:  10 men

Registered at Milford: 4 Nov 1929

Built: 1902 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley.  (Yard no. 329 [13])

Tonnage: 180.86 grt  70.22 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 108 / 21 / 11.2

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 62 rhp.10 kts.  1902, by Amos & SMith, Albert Docks, Hull.

Owners:   Oct 1902: Morris & Fisher, Auckland Rd., Fish Docks, Grimsby.   Sep 1918: Victoria Steam Fishing, Fish Docks, Grimsby. Manager: William Hill   14 Nov 1929: Oliver Curphey, 'Red Croft',  St. Annes Rd., Hakin Manager Owner   21 Jun 1932: William Henry Edward Nichols, 40 Stillman St., Plymouth

Landed at Milford: 4 Oct 1929 - 12 Jan 1932

Skippers:

Notes: Dec 1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper. 1917: Reduced to the Fishery reserve. 1918: Renamed ELK II. (Reverted to ELK on return to owners.) Oct 1939: Requisitioned and converted to Dan Layer. 27 Nov 1940.  Mined off Penlee Point, Cornwall.  No loss of life. [ http://www.submerged.co.uk/elk%20trawler.php ]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 16 Oct 1941

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