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S.T. Mandalay FD146


Information courtesy of Ron Young (Shipwrecks of the North East Coast) and Bill Butland


Technical
Official Number 95845
Yard Number 53
Launched 1890
RegisteredAugust 27 1890
Gross Tonnage 148
Length103 ft
Breadth20 ft
50 nhp engineAmos & Smith
Speed10 knots
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1890
OwnerBeeching Bros & Dyer
History
January 08 1897 Transferred to Fleetwood. Originally registered at Hull as H105.
January 01 1899 Returned to Hull as H77.
October 22 1904She was involved in the infamous Dogger Bank incident when the Russian Navy Baltic Fleet mistook the trawler fleet for Japanese torpedo boats and opened fire on them.
February 14 1908Stranded at Ravenscar, to the south of Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast in thick fog.