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Hearts
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Lowestoft
Fishing Vessels
The Breach Family
A-B
AID LT 508 ON 60745.
Lowestoft Nr 29/1870.
Clench
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masts, Sailing Drifter, Square stern.
Built
by Henry Breach, Lowestoft. Launched 2nd August 1870.
For
William Breach Jr (32 shares), managing owner, of Trinity Cottages, Shuckford
Loke, Lowestoft. Brother John Breach (32 shares).
48ft
x 15.45ft x 6.7ft; 24.21 grt; 24.21tons underdeck
15th
August 1881 Owner W.F.Mewse (64shares)
14th
March 1883 W.F. Mewse died -
J.E.Burrage appointed Executor
16th
June 1884 Registry closed .
Registered
De Novo Lowestoft Nr 13/1884, having been altered.
48ft
x 15.45ft x 7.3ft; 27.51 tons underdeck
22nd
October 1890 Joseph Edward Burrage (32shares) managing owner
5th
November 1890 Lancelot Francis
Orde (32shares) .
11th
November 1891. Sailed from Ostend,
Belgium, for fishing grounds.
Not
heard of again. Master G. Norris. Crew of four.
BAND OF HOPE LT 175 ON 44755.
Lowestoft Nr 29/1862.
Clench
built, Wooden Lugger, 3 masts, Sailing Drifter, Square stern.
Built
at Lowestoft. Launched 18th August 1862.
For
Wm Breach (64shares) dated 26th
August 1862.
William
Breach (Fish Merchant) of Whapload Road, Lowestoft.
48.7ft
x 15.15ft x 6.75ft; 24.93 nrt; 24.93
grt.
12th
December 1875. Wm Breach appointed
himself Managing owner
1881. For sale by Executors of the late Wm Breach
snr.
12th
July 1887. She had just finished
shooting her nets when two Ostenders,
(one
of which was O.52 ) lashed side by side, came up and their crews bombarded
the
Lowestoft men with coal, bottles, crockery and potatoes.
19th
July 1887. Condemned.
BAND OF HOPE LT 175 ON 91740 (2nd
of same name and number.).
Lowestoft
Nr 12/1887 .
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy , 2 masts, Sailing Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built
by Henry Reynolds, Lowestoft, 1887.
For
John Breach of Whapload Rd, Lowestoft.
54.9
x 16.3 x 7.4 ft; 31.78 nrt; 31.78 grt.
18th
July 1887 Launched.
6th
August 1887 Owner John Breach
(64shares).
5th
March1896. Towed in with loss of mast
by RAINBOW
November
1896. Nets cut by an Ostender.
17th
February 1900 Owner William Hunter
(64shares).
29th
June 1902 Grounded on the North Beach.
Re-floated by tug LOWESTOFT.
27th
March 1903 Registry closed .
27th
March 1903 Owner William Sinclair, of
Lerwick (64shares). LK 1090.
Sinclair
Johnson of Gulberwick. (Skipper James Tait); Certificate of Registry delivered
up at Lerwick 8th April 1903.
1911
Sold Wick
10th
November 1915 Stranded Talmine Bay,
Tongue, and became a Total Loss.
She
had been anchored in the bay with no crew onboard, with a cargo of steel and
wooden casks.
BEN
IVER LT 788 ON 133640. Call letters GFFM.
Lowestoft
15/1920 .
Clincher
built, Steel Ketch , 2 masts, Steam Trawler, elliptical stern.
Built
1913 by Hall Russell, Aberdeen.
115.6ft
x 22.1ft x 12ft; 32.5ft Engine room
length; 77.13nrt; 197.29grt; 194.68 tons underdeck.
Triple
Expansion, Inverted cyl, DA, Condensing engine,1913 by Builder.
3 cyl
12ins, 20ins and 34ins x 24ins stroke. 78nhp (475 ihp); 10½ knots.
Multitubular,
steel boiler, 180 lbs, 1913 by builder.
1913 Registered Aberdeen A 602
January
1914 Owners R.Irvin & Sons Ltd,
N.Shields.
1914. Requisitioned for Naval Service 1914 as
Minesweeper. 1 x 6pdr gun.
1919
Returned to owners.
11th
February 1920 Owner Jack Breach Ltd.
(64shares); J.V.Breach manager.
22nd
April 1920 Aberdeen Certificate
delivered up and cancelled.
1923 Sold on to Granton and re-registered GN 96; Registry transferred to Port of
Granton 5th May 1923;
Certificate of Registry cancelled 9th
May1923 at Granton.
5th
May 1923 Joint owners Thomas Leishman
Devlin & Robert Darney Devlin (64shares)
1930 Owners J. Walker AO of Aberdeen
1938 Re-sold; re-registered A 341; renamed VIKING HOPE.
11th
May 1942. Damaged by Mine 59˚
39’N 09˚ 25’W
1947 Owners G.Robb & Sons, Ltd.
BERTHA LT 207 ON 109717
Carvel
built, Wooden Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, elliptical stern.
Built
1901 R.Kitto & Sons, Porthleven, Cornwall.
75.9ft x 18.6ft x 8.2ft; length of engineroom
21.8ft.
29.21nrt.
64.89grt; 59.38tons underdeck.
Compound,
Surface condensing engine, 1901 by G.T.Grey, S.Shields.
2 cyl
10ins and 21ins x 14ins stroke 18nhp (90ihp); 9 knots.
Steel
boiler: 120lbs. 1901 by J.T.Eltringham & Co, S.Shields.
1901.
Built for the Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd, Sunderland.
Owned
by the Coupers of Helmsdale and George T.Grey, S.Shields.
Port
Registry SD 58. Sunderland Nr6/1901.
1904.
Registry transferred to Wick by the original owners.
Port
Registry WK 689 Wick Nr2/1904.
14th
April 1908. Owners Adam McKay, George Couper, James C.Couper and George T.Grey.
11th
April 1916. Ownership transfer to The Port St.Mary Fishing and Curing Company,
London.
23rd
October 1916. Registry transferred to Gt Yarmouth.
1916 Registered YH 458 Yarmouth Nr20/1916
26th
October 1917 Managing Owner Arthur
Bernard Cullen (64shares).
2nd
November Registered LT 207 Lowestoft
Nr33/1917
31st
December 1917 Managing Owner Charles Turrell Day (64shares)
16th
May 1918 Charles Turrell Day dies. Owners jointly held, as Executors of the Will,
Charles
William Dance & Edward Firmin Thain.
4th
October 1918 Managing Owner John Victor Breach.(64shares)
10th
April 1920 - Authority received to transfer from British register.
B.O.T.
paper M7886/1920. Presumably the vessel was being considered for Foreign sale.
22nd
April 1921 Owner Kittiwake Ltd. (64shares). J.V.Breach manager.
1924.
Broken up.
20th
May 1924. Registry Closed.
BOY ALAN LT 331 ON 136603 Signal Letters
GYGB.
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built
1914 J.Chambers, Lowestoft. Yd Nr 464.
Built for Charles Alfred Brittain
89.5ft
x 20.3ft x 10.85ft; 22.7ft loe
50.89
nrt; 109.02 grt; 108.36 udk
Triple
Expansion, Reciprocal, DA, Vertical, Inverted cyl engine,1914 by Elliot & Garrood.
3 cyl
9¾ins,15insand 22ins x 16ins stroke. 25 hp (200 ihp); 10knots.
Return
tube Marine,steel boiler,180lbs, 1914 by Elliot & Garrood.
1914 Requisitioned for Naval Service. 1 x 3pdr gun. Pennant Nr 2375 (?)
1915 Owner Charles Alfred Brittain (64shares); 5th
February 1915 managing owner.
5th
January 1915 Registered Lowestoft
Nr4/1915.
5th
May 1915 Ran Trials.
1919
Returned to owner.
22nd
December 1919 Owners J.V.Breach (22shares), A.H.Sago (21shares), B.F.Reynolds.
(21shares).
21st
October 1921 Reynolds shares transferred to Hannah Reynolds.
1st
November 1921 Owners Boy Alan Ltd (64shares);
Boy Alan Ltd founded by J.V.Breach, A.H.Sago and B.F.Reynolds. J.V.Breach manager.
6th
December 1929 Stood (with LORD SUFFOLK) by a Spanish steamer, in a gale, until
tugs arrived from Hull.
21st
March 1933. Broken foremast off Newlyn.
July
1935 Fouled propeller with nets off
Lerwick. Towed in by CONSTANT FRIEND LT
1172.
3rd
November 1935 Lost mizzen mast and
gear.
August
1936 Towed the disabled BOY ROY LT 1167
into Lerwick.
24th
January 1938 Owners Kittiwake Ltd
(64shares); J.V.Breach manager.
2nd
July 1938 Grounded at Lerwick.
November
1938 In collision with Scottish s/d
COSMEA
6th
December 1938 Damaged stem at Ijmuiden.
November
1939 Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Minesweeper. 1 x 6pdr.
10th
February 1941 Vessel lost while on
requisition. Advice received from owners.
Sunk
in collision in the Thames Estuary.
28th
March 1945 Certificate cancelled and
Registry closed .
27th
July 1953 Registry finally closed on
discharge of all Mortgages.
BOY JACK
LT 199 ON 95687
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Round stern.
Built
1888 by S.Richards, Lowestoft. Yd Nr 32 for John Breach.
57.3ft
x 16.4ft x 7.3ft
34.66
nrt; 34.66 grt; 34.66 udk.
Registered
Lowestoft Nr27/1888
Built
for £430.
18th
September 1888 Owner John Breach (64shares); managing owner 6th
September 1888. John Breach of Whapload Rd, Lowestoft.
20th
January 1900 Sold for £270. Owner George Breach (64shares) managing Owner, of
145, St Peters Street, Lowestoft.
24th
May 1905 Registry closed. Vessel sold
to Norway. Certificate delivered up and cancelled. Advice received from owner.
1905 Sold Norway and became FREMAD of Haugesund.
1929 Name change to FREMAD II and Registered
Bergen.
BOY NAT
LT 1173 ON 132949
Clincher
built, Steel Dandy, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built
1912 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby. Yd Nr 526, for Ernest Victor Snowling
88ft
x 19.15ft x 9ft; 25.05ft loe.
46.54
nrt; 102.06 grt; 100.38 udk.
Compound,Surface
condensing,DA,Inverted engine by Crabtree, Gt Yarmouth.
2 cyl
12½ins and 26ins x 18ins stroke; 35 hp
(225 ihp); 10knots.
Horizontal,Cylindrical,Return
tube Marine,steel boiler,130lbs. 1912 by Riley Bros, Stockton-on-Tees.
1912 Registered HILDA & ERNEST LT
1173 Lowestoft Nr10/1912. .
22nd
May 1912 Managing Owner Ernest Victor Snowling. (64shares) dated 22.5.1912.
1914 Requisitioned for War service as HILDA &
ERNEST. Pennant Nr 201, as a Patrol
Service
boat fitted with 1 x 3pdr A.A.gun.
1919
Returned to owners.
1st
April 1919 Owners John Victor Breach (48) and Robert George Capps (16).
2nd
June 1919 Name changed to BOY NAT under the sanction of the BoT Minute Nr 5483.
24th
July 1919 Brought up a 10ft piece of U-boat with machine gun attached.
January
1920. Sold Ramsgate and re-registered R
116 Ramsgate Nr9/1920
4th
March 1920 Owners Thanet Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. (64) Manager T.W.Chapman.
5th
March 1920 Registry closed on transfer to Ramsgate.
15th
March 1920 Certificate cancelled at Ramsgate.
1920 Turned over and sank in Ramsgate harbour
whilst coaling.
Presumably
refloated as on the
19th
January 1924 she returned to Lowestoft; registered LT 1298 Lowestoft Nr3/1924.
19th
January 1924 Owner F.Spashett (64).
21st
February 1924 Owners A.W.Catchpole (32), C.G.Allerton (32). Bill of Sale 31st
Jan 1924.
30th
June 1924 Towed in by s/d NORFOLK
COUNTY LT 103 with fouled seine ropes.
The
tow of 135 miles lasted 40hrs.
4th
September 1924 Owners Hobson & Co.(Lowestoft) Ltd
(64).
23rd
December 1924 Owner T.A.Utting. (64).
28th
February 1925. Name change to AVAILABLE
LT 1298.
3rd
May 1926 Registry transferred to Port of Buckie. Sold Buckie and re-registered
BCK 440.
Certificate
delivered up and forwarded to the Port of Buckie. Certificate cancelled. Advice
from Registrar of Shipping, Buckie, received 14th May 1926.
3rd
May 1926 Owners J.Innes (Buckie) (20), G.Reid (18), William Smith (10),
J.Buchan (8), G.McWilliam (8)
1939
Owners W.Smith & others (Buckie).
1939
Requisitioned and employed as an Auxiliary patrol vessel.
1946
Returned to owners.
1952
Sold for scrapping.
BOY PHILIP
LT 137 ON 149234. Signal
Letters GWPX
Clincher
built, Steel Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter/Trawler, elliptical stern.
Built
1930 by Crabtree & Co Ltd,(R.H.Hutchinson) Gt Yarmouth. Yd Nr 188
92.4ft
x 20.1ft x 10ft; 25.6ft loe
55.9
nrt; 128.33 grt; 127.9 udk.
Tr
Exp, DA, Inverted cylinder engine by builders.
3 cyl
9¾ins,16½ins and 27½ins x 18ins stroke. 39.36nhp (339.3 ihp) 278.4bhp; 9½
knots.
Multi,
Return tube, steel boiler, 200lbs.1929 by Riley Bros, Stockton-on-Tees.
23rd
May 1930. Registered Lowestoft Nr14/1930.
23rd
May 1930 Owners Pevensey Castle Ltd (64).
J.V.Breach manager.
11th
December 1932 Broken propeller at Calais.
22nd
May 1933 Damaged in collision with s/d BRACONHEATH in fog off Aberdeen.
6th
May 1934 Damaged FEASIBLE
LT 122 at Rathmullen.
6th
July 1935 Broken propeller at Lerwick.
2nd
September 1936 Damaged by grounding on rocks off Scarborough.
Assisted
off by s/d TRIPLE ALLIANCE LT 25.
17th
July 1937 Damaged in collision with
PLOUGHBOY LT 1177 at Lerwick.
28th
September 1939 Requisitioned by the
Admiralty. Pennant Nr FY 731. Minesweeper and Wreck Dispersal vessel. The first
Lowestoft vessel to be fitted with a 3inch A.A.gun Transferred to War
Department (RASC) 8/43. Initially she had BP in large white letters on the bow.
Before pennant numbers were allotted, the temporary identification system of a
2 letter group taken from the vessel’s name was used.
May
1945 Returned and then sold to Grimsby and registered GY 44; same name.
2nd
May 1945 Registry transferred to Grimsby . Certificate not delivered up.
2nd
May 1945 Owners Anglo Continental Fish Traders Ltd, Grimsby. (64) .
25th
August 1947 Certificate delivered up at the Port of Grimsby and cancelled .
August
1947 Re-named LATANIA
February
1949 Sold Norrand Trawlers Ltd
1957 Converted to diesel by L.B.S. Engineering
Co, Lowestoft.
1970 Reported as ‘no longer fishing’.
BOY ROY
LT 1167 ON132940
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built
1911 by J.Chambers, Lowestoft for Jack Breach Ltd
86.3ft
x 19.5ft x 10.0ft; 22ft loe
42.2
nrt; 94.72 grt; 94.22 udk.
Triple
Expanson, Reciprocal, DA, Vertical, Inverted cyl engine by Elliot & Garrood
1911.
3 cyl
9¾ins,15ins and 22ins x 16ins stroke.
25 nhp (200 ihp); 10knots.
Return
tube Marine,steel boiler,175lbs. By Elliot & Garrood (Beccles) 1911.
11th
November 1911. Named after Roy Jenner Breach and launched on the day of his
birth.
Registered Lowestoft
Nr62/1911.
18th
December 1911 Owners John Breach (32) & John Victor Breach (32) as managing
owner.
15th
December 1913. Set up record for catch off the French coast by landing 120
crans overdays
and
60 crans salted at 35/-, totalling nearly £400. (12 week voyage £3,400).
5th
January 1914 Owners John Breach (22), John Victor Breach (21), R.G.Soanes (21).
1914
Requisitioned by Admiralty. WWI Pennant Nr 209; 1 x 3pdr.
17th
July 1915 Owners - John Breach died -
his (22) shares were passed to the Executors,
[J.E.Burrage
and A.Brittain]; with J.V.Breach (21), R.G.Soanes (21).
27th
May 1917 Owner J.V.Breach (64).
24th
October 1918. J.V.Breach of West View, Corton Rd, Lowestoft.
30th
May 1919 Owner Jack Breach Ltd. (64) .
27th
November 1924. Sprung mast at sea.
July
1925 Sustained heavy weather damage on passage to Lerwick (Shetland Isles)
27th
October 1926 Towed home by UNITED
FRIENDS LT 55 with loose piston (H.P)
rod.
April
1928 Struck the pier at Newlyn
(Cornwall) and damaged stem.
28th
August 1934. Damaged stem at Fraserburgh.
August
1936 Broken rudder off Lerwick, towed in by s/d BOY ALAN LT 331.
2nd
July 1938 Grounded at Lerwick.
Re-floated with damage.
7th
November 1939 Requisitioned by the
Admiralty as a Flare drifter.
28th
May 1940 Bombed, beached and abandoned
in Dunkirk harbour.
3rd
December 1940 Registry closed. Vessel
lost on Naval service. Certificate lost with vessel.
BOY WILLIE
LT 331 ON 91009
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter/Converter, Square stern
Built
1884 by H.Reynolds, Lowestoft for John Breach
55.8ft x 16.3ft x 7.5ft
32.66
nrt; 32.66 grt; 32.66 udk.
31st
July 1884 Launched. Registered Lowestoft
Nr27/1884.
6th
August 1884 Owner John Breach (64) managing owner.
John
Breach of Whapload Rd, Lowestoft.
October
1889 converted to a Trawler.
‘Round’stern
as per survey dated 29th October 1889.
2nd
February 1900 Owner C.Brittain (64)
managing owner.
1908 Sold Tralee, Republic of Ireland.
1st
July 1908 Registry closed on transfer
of the Registry to the Port of Tralee.
Certificate
of Registry delivered up and cancelled.
1923 Owner
P.Flannery, Dingle, Co Kerry.
BRITON
LT 1017 ON 124412
Carvel
built, Wooden Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built
1906 by S.Richards & Co.Ltd, Lowestoft. Yd Nr 125 for Arnall Frederick
Capps
81.9ft
x 18.7ft x 8.9ft; 21.0ft loe
26.62
nrt; 78.69 grt; 72.95 udk.(old)
Compound,
surf cond engine, 1906. by Builder.
2 cyl
11ins and 22ins x 15ins stroke; 30 nhp
(150 ihp); 10 knots.
Steel
Boiler, 140 lbs, 1906 by Riley Bros, Stockton on Tees.
20th
September 1906. Launched. Registered
Lowestoft Nr45/1906 .
Had
been built, launched and completely fitted out in 40 days by S.Richards,
Lowestoft for C.W.Dance (Hobsons F.S.Co) at a contract price of £2,370.
When
new was painted light French Grey.
3rd
October 1906 Owners: Arnall Frederick Capps (16) managing owner; Charles William
Dance jnr (16); George Stoddart Knocker (16) dated 15th inst;
Frederick Golder Capps (16)
8th
August 1911 Owners: C.W.Dance jnr (16) managing owner; G.S.Knocker (16);
F.G.Capps (8); Robert Brame Capps (8); jointly as Executors - Emma Capps, C.W.
Dance jnr, Frederick Ernest Beane (16)
10th
April 1911 Owners : jointly as Executors - Emma Capps, C.W. Dance jnr,
Frederick Ernest Beane (16); C.W.Dance jnr (16); G.S.Knocker (16); F.G.Capps
(8);
and
jointly Fannie Fayerman Capps & Sellwyn E.Capps (8).
21st
April 1911 Owners: jointly - Emma Capps, C.W.Dance jnr, F.E.Beane (32) ;
C.W.Dance
jnr (16) ; G.S.Knocker (16)
29th
December 1911 Owners : Briton Fishing Co. (64)
1st
January 1914 Change of Tonnage under provision of the Merchant Shipping Act
1907, Made this day; 33.13 nrt; 45.56 grt; 72.95 udk.
1914.
On charter to the Admiralty at £37.14s.7d p.month.
Pennant
Nr 2717. Armament 1 x 6pdr A.A.gun
7th
May 1918 Owners Lancelot Charles Harvey (32); Frank Williamm Hutchings. (32)
managing owner.
15th
March 1924 Owners jointly - Jennie Lois Harvey; F.W.Hutchings (32) L.C.Harvey
(32)
13th
March 1924 owners Alfred Edward Mallet (32); F.W.Hutchings (32)
2nd
July 1926 Owners Pevensey Castle Ltd. (64). J.V.Breach manager.
8th
November 1929. Aground for 2 hrs on Holm Sands in dense fog. Re-floated without
assistance.
30th
October 1931. Damaged in collision with s/d HOPEFUL at Yarmouth.
26th
September 1935 Certificate cancelled and Registry closed.
1936.
Broken up.
Vessel
broken up. Advice received from beneficial owners.
BROTHERS
LT 216 ON 49589
Clench
built, WoodenLugger, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Lute stern.
Built
1866 by R.Fuller, Lowestoft for Wm Breach snr.
50.8ft
x 15.6ft x 7.3ft
26.73
grt; 26.73 udk
Registered Lowestoft
Nr15/1866. .
10th
August 1866. Launched.
First
of 3 vessels of this same name and registration number.
Wm
Breach (Fish Merchant) of Whapload Road, Lowestoft.
15th
November 1875 Owner Wm Breach snr (64), Managing owner
3rd
December 1880 Wm Breach died. Will
dated 30th April 1875 - appointed Frederick Peacock, Executor.
Probate granted 17th December 1880. Ownership temporarily passed to
Executor (64).
Shares
then pass to his son John Breach (by Bill of Sale 11th February
1881)
Registry
in his name 10.35 a.m. 12th February 1881.
12th
February 1881 Owner John Breach (64) managing owner.
John
Breach Denmark Road, Lowestoft, John declares himself as Managing owner.
1881.
In the 1881 Census – on Sunday 3rd April, she was at Penzance.
The crew onboard at Penzance in 1881 were …
John Breach, Master, 44yrs, Hastings, Sussex.
Robert Harvey, Mate, 22yrs, Stoven, Suffolk.
Robert Farlster, Oarsman, 24yrs married, Carlton
Colville, Suffolk.
Richard Baxter, Whaleman, 19yrs, Wangford, Suffolk.
Albert Bird, Net Stower, 18yrs, Kessingland, Suffolk.
John Winyard, Capstan-man, 17yrs, Wangford, Suffolk.
Charles Rivetts, Capstan-man, 20yrs, Hulver, Suffolk
Frederick Edwards, Capstan-man, 18yrs, Estaton, Suffolk.
Harry Harvey, Rope coiler, 15yrs, Stoven, Suffolk.
Albert Armes, Cook, 12yrs, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
1886.
Broken up.
Custom
House Lowestoft. 30th March 1886. Registry cancelled.
Vessel
Broken up as per letter from owner dated Plymouth 29th March 1886.
BROTHERS LT 216 ON 91708
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built
1885 by R.Kitto, Porthleven for John Breach.
55.2ft x 16.2ft
x 7.2ft
26.15
tons
Registered Lowestoft
Nr28/1885
2nd
October 1885 Owner John Breach (64)
managing owner.
John
Breach of Whapload Rd, Lowestoft.
14th
November 1887 Damaged drifter TWILIGHT
LT 178 in collision at the entrance to the New Basin, Lowestoft.
16th
November 1888 Coming into Lowestoft with a good catch she struck the South
Pier, glanced off, and then struck the KATE & POLLY, one of two Smacks
aground in the entrance. The QUEEN BEE then came in, struck the BROTHERS and
forced her onto the KATE & POLLY who’s trawl beam penetrated her bulwarks
and caused considerable damage.
1892.
Made third place in the only Drifter race ever held at Lowestoft. Prize money
of £12.10s.0d given to crew.(Owner John Breach)
11th
November 1893 When leaving Lowestoft
she struck the HELIOS LT 180, who was
entering, and damaged her.
23rd
February 1900 Owner R. Bryant (64)
managing owner.
15th
February 1901 Owner Frederick Kemp (64) managing owner.
9th
March 1903 Registry closed - vessel
sold to Belgium as per advice from owner dated 9th March 1903.
Certificate of Registry delivered up and cancelled.
loe = Length of Engine Room
udk=Tonnage under deck.
My thanks to Roy Breach, grandson of John Victor Breach,
for his kind assistance, in providing all of his research
material.
Raymond
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