OSPREY LO133
Official No: 99697 Port and Year: Grimsby, 1893. (GY507)
London, 1896 (LO133)
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burner. Yawl rigged. Wheelhouse aft.
Crew:
Built: 1893, by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow. (Yard no. 67)
Tonnage: 141 grt 54 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 98 / 20.5 / 10.7
Engine: T-3 Cyl. 35 rhp. Muir & Houston, Glasgow.
Owners:
As GY507
Jul 1893: Great Grimsby Ice Co., Grimsby.
As LO133
Mar 1896: Chas. T. Pannell, Stamford Hill, London.
1907: Brand & Co., Docks, Milford.
Dec 1913: Charles E. B. L. Curzon, Docks, Milford.
1916: J. Scouryalos, Greece. (To 1933)
Landed at Milford: 7 Mar 1907 - 14 Jul 1914
Skippers: C. J. King (1911)
Notes:
Accidents and Incidents
From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 17th December 1913:
Mr. Brand and Co. have disposed of their smaller vessels, viz. Halcyon, Teal, Osprey and Cygnet, to Mr Curzon, the owner of the steam trawler Quebec, and they will remain in the port. These vessels, known as the little London boats, have done remarkably well ever since they came to the port.
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The Times, Monday, Jul 12, 1915; pg. 8; Issue 40904; col C
U Boats Active
The trawler Osprey landed at Milford Haven on Saturday 21 members of the crew of the Manchester steamer Ellesmere (1,170 gross tonnage), homeward bound from Valentia with general cargo. The skipper of the rescued crew reported that on Friday afternoon, when 55 miles south-west of the Smalls, a submarine came up and started shelling them. The submarine fired 10 shots, one of which killed a Norwegian fireman named Jensen. The crew all got into one boat, the others having been smashed. The Ellesmere was then torpedoed and sunk.
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