NEWARK CASTLE M7
Official No: 107035 Port Number and Year: - in Kirkcaldy, 1897 (KY601)
- in North Shields, ? (SN ?)
6th in Milford, 1904
- in North Shields, 1910 (SN ?)
Description: Steel liner; steam screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail and mizzen
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: 18 Jul 1904
Built: St. Monance, Fife, 1897
Tonnage: 85.29 gross - net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): - / - / -
Engine:
Owners:
As KY601
1897: Kirkcaldy owners
As SN ?
? : North Shields owner.
As M7
18 Jul 1904: Ernest Kinnard, Docks, Milford.
As SN ?
10 May 1910: Alexandra Melrose, 4, Horsley Tce., Tynemouth
Landed at Milford: 3 Dec 1901 - 14 May 1910
Skippers: Matthew Nicholas cert. no. 6684, age 38, born Sennen, Cornwall; residing 'Cliff House', Dale; signed on 22 Jan, 18 Jul 1904; 23 Jan, 20 Jul 1905; 15 Jan 1906; 3 May, 7 Jul 1906; 18 Jan, 30 Jul 1908; 5 Jan, 29 Jul 1909; 14 Jan 1910.
W. Taylor 6698, 32, Milford; 7 Mar 1906
Notes: 1 Jan - 3 May 1912: Laid up at North Shields.
6 Jul 1916: Sunk by bomb placed by German U-boat, 23 miles SE of the Tyne. No lives lost.
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 10 Aug 1913. Vessel transferred to the port of North Shields
Accidents and Incidents:
Log book entries:
07.03.1904
Bardsey Sound
Rod of circulating pump broke, cause unknown.
Matthew Nicholas (Skipper)
05.08.1904
When 2 miles SE of the Maidens North Coast, one of the crank shafts became strained. Put into Belfast where repairs were effected.
Matthew Nicholas (Skipper)
05.03.1906
M. Nicholas, age 41, Skipper; born Sennen, Cornwall, residing Milford.
Vessel gave a heavy lurch and threw him against lee rail. Several ribs broken.
G. Sturley (Second Hand)
[ See local newspaper story below. ]
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From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 7th March 1906:
On Monday night the steam trawler "Newark Castle" came in from sea with the skipper J. Nicholas seriously injured. It appears that a heavy sea caught the vessel and she gave a lurch from starboard to port which threw the skipper heavily against the bulwark rail. It was thought a couple of ribs were broken. On arrival in dock, Dr. W. S. Griffith was sent for, and it was discovered that the ribs were severely bruised, and he ordered his removal. Later in the day, the man, whose home is at Dale, was taken on a stretcher to the house of Mr. F. Holmes, Charles Street.
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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 10th April 1907:
On Monday, Messrs. Kinnard and Nicholas' steam liner "Newark Castle" (Captain Matthew Nicholas) landed a fine cargo of hooked fish on the market, which at the sale realised the sum of £215. This is quite an unusual figure for this class of fishing vessel, and creates a record in this respect.
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