The Ketch ‘Severn’

H53

Vessel Details for Severn

Official Number:	95773
Fishing Number:	H53
Vessel Name:	Severn
New Names:	Karolina Hafsteinn
Type:	Ketch
Built:	Oct 1888
Tons:	45
Length:	78.2
Beam:	21.1
Depth:	10.6
Owners:	Thomas Hamling of Hull 1890 R Olafsson 1903 G Zóega 1919 N J Mortensen 1930
Masters:	Dymmock Barkworth 1889 R Mason Charles Trott 1890 James Penny E Hales 1894 George Woodgate 1895 George Foots 1896
Ports:	Hull Seltjarnarnes 1903 Reykjavik 1919 Trongisvágur 1930
Notes:	UK Register closed 1897. On the Danish register until 1933.
Trade:	North Sea fishing.
Incidents:	1st Jan 1894 about 10am North Sea. Thomas Parker. Drowned, returning to the vessel with the 2nd hand in smacks boat. A sea caught his oar, causing it to jerk him out of the boat into the water. He was drowned before assistance could be given.