The coaster EDITH from Yarmouth was beached near Westkapelle on 17th February 1926. Prospects were bad, but she survived and was refloated on 25th February and towed to the Schelde yard at Vlissingen for inspection and repairs (see
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Name EDITH
Official number 99488
Flag GBR
Year built 1893
Date completed 07/1893
Vessel type: Coaster General Cargo
Vessel description: Steel Screw Steamer
Builder: Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, Yard Footdee, Yard no 348
Tonnage
148 grt / 78 nrt /
Length Breadth Depth Draft
113.0 ft 20.1 ft 7.6 ft
Engine detail
C2cyl (13, 26 x 18in), 30rhp, 1 screw
First owner: Robert Rix & Sons, Hull
First port of register: Hull
Registration date: 26/07/1893
Subsequent owner and registration history
01/10/1917 Oakley, Sollas and Co. Ltd., London.
18/12/1917 Olwen Steamship Co. Ltd. (Samuel W. Oakley, manager), London.
17/05/1921 Isaac and Louis Kahn, London.
26/07/1923 Henry Hillcoat, Norwich.
18/03/1924 T. Small and Co. (Great Yarmouth) Ltd., Great Yarmouth.
17/12/1931 Great Yarmouth Shipping Co. Ltd. (Henry I. Colville, manager), Great Yarmouth.
09/07/1936 Joseph Barlow (36/64) and John Sinclair (28/64), Dundee trading as Barlow and Co. (Joseph Barlow, manager), Dundee.
Vessel history
1914 lengthened by 18 ft, then 181 grt, 98 nrt
End year Fate / Status
1951 Broken Up
Disposal Detail
06/1951 broken up at Bo'ness.
20/09/1952 Register closed
