Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld
Technical
Official Number: 123730
Yard Number: 798
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 213 (As built 215g)
Net Tonnage: 68 (As built 87n)
Length: 117.3 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
History
1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.798) for G. H. D. Birt, Milford Haven as INDIA.
10.1906: Completed.
17.10.1906: Registered at London (LO248) (O.N.123730).
26.1.1910: Returned to Milford (Sk. William Jones), having been knocked on her beam ends and swept clean by very heavy seas when fishing 250 miles to the west of St. Ann’s Head. Mate had been washed overboard but recovered. Put into Berehaven, Co. Cork to attend to injured and pump out.
9.6.1911: Last landing at Milford.
7.1911: Sold to N.V. Algemeene Viss. Maats., IJmuiden ( J. F. Clerq & E. H. Heijmans, managers).
7.1911; London registry closed.
7.1911: Registered at IJmuiden as CHRISTINE (IJM2).
1920: Transferred to Vereenigde Exploitatie Mij. (VEM)*, Ijmuiden. (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clerq & S. Koster appointed managers.
1932: J. F. Clerq appointed manager.
1933: Company re-styled N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De VEM”, IJmuiden (F. Thiel, manager).
9.5.1940: Escaped from Holland to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
1945: Returned to Holland and resumed fishing from IJmuiden.
1950: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.
6.1951: Breaking up completed.
Note * – Vereenigde Exploitatie Mij ( VEM) was founded from 3 companies: Algemeene Visscherij Mij (20 vessels) Exploitatie and Administratie Maatschappij ”Shamrock I”.( 12 vessels) Vereenigde Steenkolenhandel, Afdeling Reederij. ( 21 vessels) ( Afdeling Reederij = Section Shipping Company)