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S.T. Mandalay FD146


 	  	 
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Mandalay


		
Technical
Official Number 95845
Yard Number 53
Launched 1890
Registered August 27 1890
Gross Tonnage148
Length103 ft
Breadth20 ft
50 nhp engineC D Holmes
Speed133.7 ft
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1890
OwnerBeeching Bros & Dyer
History
January 08 1897 Moved to Fleetwood. Previously registered as H 105.
January 01 1899 Returned to Hull as H77.
October 22 1904She was involved in the infamous "Dogger Bank Incident" when the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet mistook the trawler fleet for Japanese torpedo boats and opened fire on them.
February 14 1908Stranded at Ravenscar, to the south of Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast in thick fog.