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Name: LASS O'GOWRIE
Launched: 19/07/1883
Completed: 10/1883
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 109
Dimensions: 128grt, 41nrt, 106.0 x 19.8 x 9.7ft; (1889: 33nrt); (1914: 51nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl (37 x 54ins), 70nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86379
History:
09/10/1883 David Edwards & Robert Anderson; registered at Dundee
1889 Cosens & Co Ltd; registered at Weymouth; renamed ALBERT VICTOR
1928 Broken up
Comments: Built as a passenger vessel with towing capability
A Rennoldson contract with the hull sub-contracted to Eltringham
1915 to 1919: On Admiralty service
1918: Converted to mine laying vessel, laid 8 mines


Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library

Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library

Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library

Above photo copyright of Dundee Central Library

Above shows LASS O'GOWRIE on the right. Photo copyright of Dundee Central Library

Above photo as ALBERT VICTOR at Weymouth. Photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as ALBERT VICTOR at Weymouth. Photo courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid

Dundee Courier, Tuesday, 09/10/1883