VAL M72
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 129269 Port Number and Year: 16th in Hull, 1910 (H ? )
3rd in Milford, 1912
- in Banff, 1929? (BF19)
Description: Steel side trawler / liner; steam screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail and mizzen
Crew: 8 men
Registered at Milford: 25 Mar 1912
Built: 1909, Charlton & Doughty, Grimsby.
Tonnage: 92.53 grt 32.34 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 86 / 18.6 / 8.75
Engine: C-3Cyl; 28 rhp; 9 kts; by builders.
Owners:
1909: Hull owners
25 Mar 1912: John Brown, 'Berlyn Villa', Wellington Rd., Hakin
James Hellings, 25 Hamilton Tce., Milford
Francis Percival Locke, Picton Rd., Hakin
23 Nov 1912: Sarah Jane Hellings, 25 Hamilton Tce., Milford
As BF19
17 Jan 1929: G. G. McRobie & Others, Portsoy, Banff
Landed at Milford: 18 Jan 1912 - 1 Oct 1915; 3 Apr 1919 - 25 May 1928.
Skipper:
Notes: Apr 1915: Broke the port's record for the highest priced catch of £241.
Jan 1916: Taken up by Admiralty (No. 2720), as net layer, harbour service. 1 x 3 pdr. AA.
1919: Returned to owners.
Cert. Cancelled & Registry Closed: 3 Apr 1929?
Accidents and Incidents
From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 8th April 1921:
There is every possibility of a resuscitation of the fishing trade at Neyland. We understand that mackerel drifters, which in other years landed their catches at Milford Haven, will this year land at Neyland.
The steam liner "Val", which usually fishes out of Milford Haven, landed her catch of fish at Neyland on Thursday last. The proposed development of the ice factory at Neyland will undoubtedly tend to draw trade there, and we understand that the Great Western Railway Company have recently received a deputation on this matter.
As BF19
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