New Comet  GN 75

Built 1910   Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd  Aberdeen  (Steel)
   
Yard No 458
   
Owner at New William  Johnston,  Newhaven Edinburgh
   
ID no 129986
   
Launch Date 28.04.1910
   
Completed 05.1910
 
Gross Tons 117
   
Nett Tons 71
   
Engine 68 hp   T.3-cyl by  Alexander Hall & Sons Ltd   Aberdeen
   
Length 110.3ft
   
Breadth 22ft
 
Depth 12.8ft
   
Owners  
05.1910 Registered at Granton  GN 75
05.1915 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.1496).
20.01.1917 Sunk after striking a mine off Orford Ness Suffolk.
  Those Lost: -
  Clifford Blyth, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6847
Robert N. Burch, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 11528
Arthur F.Clarke, 2nd Hand, RNR, SA 215
James Crosby, Engineman, RNR, ES 4528
Henry Cumberland, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2176
Martin Gibbons, Trimmer, RNR, TS 2519
George A. Lake, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 6561
Thomas Manzie, Engineman, RNR, ES 2919
Joseph H. Martin, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7534, DOW