ALEXANDRA  M2

Official No:  112465    Port Number and Year: - at Milford, 1904                                                                               - at North Shields, 1908 (SN81)

Description: Beam trawler, steel; steam screw, coal burning.  Ketch rigged - mainsail and mizzen

Crew:  9 men

Registered at Milford : 3 Mar 1904

Built: 1904 by Smith's Dock Co., N. Shields. (Yard no. 734)

Tonnage: 181.86 grt  33.56 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):110.5 / 21 / 11.6

Engine: T 3-cyl. 51 hp. 10 kts.  McColl & Pollock, Sunderland

Owners:   18 Mar1904: James Thomas, 'Tredegar House', Great North Road, Milford.  Manager / Owner.   2 Nov 1908: Purdy Steam Fishing Co., N.Shields. William Purdy, 55 Park Cres., N.Shields. Manager: G.R. Purdy. [Still under same owners in Olsens 1934; not in 1938 edition.]

Landed at Milford:  16 Apr 1904 - 20 Oct 1908

Skippers: Henry Dodd, Cert. 5287; age 40, born Grimsby, residing Greville Rd., Milford. Signed on 2 Mar, 11 Nov 1904; 17 Jan, 7 Jul 1905; 5 Jan 1906. W. Aldridge, 5849, 27, Newcastle on Tyne, 4 Brooke Ave., Milford; 29 Mar, 4 Jul 1906. H. Hewer, 6526, 29, Gorleston, -. 11 Dec 1906. John Beck, 6604, 32, Caistor, -. 8 Jan 1908. Christopher Masterson, 5740, 30, Salisbury -. 31 Jan 1908. Thomas Wm. Corbett, 8156, 25, Cardiff, 3 Old Dock Yard, Milford.  7 Jul 1908. James McDonald, 7989, 24, Hull, -. 8 Sep 1908. E. Gilland, 4831, 23, London, -. 21 Oct 1908.

Notes: Insured by James Thomas in 1906.  Value of trawler £5,500; insured for this sum.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford  Registry Closed: 2 Nov 1908; transferred to the port of North Shields.

 Accidents and Incidents

Copies of log book entries:

 

17.04.04

When six miles S of Mine Head on the east coast of Ireland, I sighted the 'Oceania' of Aberdeen flying signals of distress.  I went to her and found that the top of her cylinder had been blown off.  The Skipper asked me to tow him to Dublin, which I did, arriving there safely at four thirty a.m., 17.4.1904.

Henry Dodd (Skipper)

 

07.03.08

Towed the steam trawler 'St. Clear' two hundred miles W from St. Ann's, the wind was NW, took hold four p.m., 7th March, blowing hard.  Arrived at Milford midnight, 9th March.

Christopher Masterson (Skipper)

 

 

25.08.08

Towed the steam trawler 'Fuchsia' off rocks at Milford haven, and towed her into Milford Docks on Sunday.

James McDonald (Skipper)

 

 

13.09.08

Steam trawler 'Syringa' towed across gear of steam trawler 'Alexandra' about 250 miles W of St. Ann's Head.

T.W. Corbett (Skipper)

E. Firth (Mate)

 

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From The Scotsman of Tuesday 2nd January 1906, p.6:

 

SHIPPING CASUALTIES AND NOTES

...........

    The crews of the schooners Elizabeth Ellen Fisher and Joseph Fisher, of Barrow, and the schooner James, of Llanelly, all loaded with coal from Newport, were landed at Milford Haven on Sunday by the steam liner Alexandra, having left their vessels during a furious gale.

    The Elizabeth Ellen Fisher and the Joseph Fisher were picked up and towed into Milford docks yesterday.

 

[ELIZABETH ELLEN FISHER ON 63934, 73 tons, built Rothesay in 1871, owner Thomas Fisher, Fleetwood; JOSEPH FISHER ON 54543, 79 tons, built Rothesay in 1866, owner John Fisher, Barrow; JAMES ON 18369, 64 tons, built Plymouth in 1837, registered Llanelly, owner owner Joseph Thomas, Haverfordwest.]

 

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