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Name: GRASSHOLM
Launched: 23/06/1891
Completed: 08/1891
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 166
Dimensions: 142grt, 40nrt, 100.0 x 20.6 x 11.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.25, 20 & 32 x 22ins), 50nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 98284
History:
08/1891 JJ Neale & H West, Cardiff; registered at South Shields
1907 R Thompson & Co Ltd (Engineers), Leith
07/09/1911 Sank
Comments: Built as a trawler, but also used as a tug
1891: Allocated fishing registration number SSS9 at South Shields
21/08/1906: Making water after striking a ledge off Minalto, Scilly Isles.
St Mary's lifeboat escorted her to St Mary's.
07/09/1911: Sank following a collision with SIR WALTER SCOTT
west of Inchkeith on the Firth of Forth.