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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 |
| Yard No | 296 |
| Owner at New | Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company Hull H 770 ( J Dugdall manager) |
| ID no | 118776 |
| Launch Date | 07.09.1903 |
| Gross Tons | 183 |
| Engine | 45 HP Steam T.3-cyl by W V V Lidgerwood & Co Ltd Glasgow |
| Length | 109ft |
| Breadth | 21ft |
| Owners | |
| 1912 | Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company ( Sydney Feltham manager ) |
| 1915 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners |
| 1919 | Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd |
| 1931 | Dr David T George Milford Haven ( J Ritchie manager )M 85 |
| 1939 | Manager became W. Wilcox Milford Haven |
| 1945 | 14th January Early a.m. sank 50 miles N x E off the Bishops Rock Lighthouse after collision with corvette " HMS Trillium " K 172. 6 men lost & 3 survivors |