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At Milford Haven M 85 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgment to John Stevenson |
Ely M 85
| Built | 1903 Mackie & Thomson Govan (Steel) |
| Yard No | 296 |
| Owner at New | Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company Hull (J. Dugdall manager) |
| ID no | 118776 |
| Launch Date | 07.09.1903 |
| Completed | 09.1903 |
| Gross Tons | 183 |
| Nett Tons | 72 |
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| Engine | 45 hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood & Co Ltd Glasgow |
| Length | 109.1ft |
| Breadth | 21.5ft |
| Depth | 10.6ft |
| Owners | |
| 09.1903 | Registered at Hull H 770 |
| 1912 | Sydney Feltham appointed manager. |
| 1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1777) based in the Aegean Sea. |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners |
| 1919 | Owned by Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd |
| 1930 | Owned by Dr David T. George, Milford Haven (J Ritchie manager) |
| 05.1930 | Hull registry closed. |
| 20.05.1930 | Registered at Milford Haven M 85 |
| 17.02.1939 | Manager became W. Wilcox Milford Haven |
| 14.01.1945 | Early a.m. sank 50 miles N x E off the Bishops Rock Lighthouse after collision with Canadian corvette HMCS " Trillium" (K 172). 6 men lost & 3 survivors |
| 22.01.1945 | Milford registry closed. |