ZODIAC GY151
Official No: 96235 Port and Year: Grimsby, 1891 (GY296)
Grimsby, 1906 (GY151)
Lowestoft, 1925 (LT173)
Description: Iron side trawler; single screw; coal burner; yawl rigged
Crew:
Built: 1890, by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow. (Yard no. 16)
Tonnage: 149 grt 48 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 100.5 / 20.5 / 10.7
Engine: T.3-Cyl; 45 rhp; by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Owners:
As GY296
Jan 1891: Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., Grimsby
Sep 1900: Unknown Norwegian owners.
As GY151
Jun 1906: Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., Grimsby
Jun 1908: S. J. Green & D. James, St.Dogmaels.
Aug 1917: W. Would, Grimsby
Apr 1920: Woodbury Steam Fishing Co., Grimsby
Manager: H. A. Jeffries
As LT173
Jan 1925: Consolidated Steam Fishing Co., Lowestoft.
Manager: Sir John D. Marsden
Landed at Milford: 21 Aug 1908 - 10 Dec 1911
Skippers: G. Merchant (1890); Goffin (1910)
Notes: 1914-19: Fishery Reserve, as ZODIAC II.
1933: Broken up.
Accidents and Incidents
From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 19th October 1910:
Last week, the steam trawler 'Zodiac', Skipper Goffin, out of Milford, picked up a steamer named the 'City of Belfast', out in the Channel. The steamer was disabled, her shaft broken. The trawler went to her assistance, made fast and commenced to tow her to port, but it seems that the trawler did not have the necessary horse power and proved unequal to the task, the strain being too great, so she stood by her until a larger trawler from Fleetwood got fast of her and towed her into Waterford, Ireland.
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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 5th April 1911:
At the Lord Nelson Hotel on Thursday afternoon Messrs. Evan and Roach offered the steam trawler "Zodiac" for sale by auction. The owner is Mr. S. J. Green of Cardigan, and she has been trading at Milford for a couple of years. The first bid was £350 and it moved briskly to £630, at which figure it was withdrawn.
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