Dates: 1875 - 1911
Construction IRON
Type SCREW STEAMER
Date 1875
Official Number 73594
Description Yard Number: 197
Date of Build/Launch: November 1875
Lloyd’s Register:
1877-78: Owners General Steam Navigation Co. Port belonging to London. Master T. Hayes. Engines by Hall Russell 75R.H.P.
1881-82, 1883-84, 1884-85: Master D. Scannell.
1886-87, 1888-89: Master A. E. Harding.
1892-93: Master A. F. Abbott.
1895-96: Master J. H. Lidstone since 1894.
1897-98: Master R. D. Arnold.
1899-1900: Master J. Dennien.
1910-11: Owners General Steam Navigation Co. Master J. Wood.
Lloyd’s Register return of ships totally lost:
Wrecked on voyage London-Charente in ballast near Chasseron, Ile d’Oleron (W. France), 1 January 1911.
Shipowner General Steam Navigation Co., London
Shipbuilder Hall Russell
Dimensions length 189 3/6’ x breadth 26 1/12’ x depth 14 3/6’
Gross Tonnage: 643ton
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Merlin
" I don’t know if "daft" is the right expression to use,but this one was certainly different.Whilst taxying a Sea Hurricane down a hill at HMS Merlin,the arrester hook"jumped" the last restraining wire.(I had used the hook release in the cockpit,because the brakes had failed!)The aircraft ..."
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" Quoting: Ray McWilliams Doug. Colour of Survey vessels used to be white with yellow funnels. Protector was probably changed to Pusser’s grey so she could be seen "down the ice" The modern Hydrography fleet (HMS Scott the largest at 16000 tonnes) attached, is pusser’s grey, except for ..."
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" HI All. Well there should have been two photos on that last post of mine, 1 was the Old ship HMS MERLIN and the other one was the PROTECTOR, both were white, and white funnels. I must try and reduce them smaller than 50kb, that address that you gave me BOB is done in DOS and my I,mac doesn’t work with it.I have manged to reduce some of them but not these two. doug "
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" Quoting: Doug Welch HI All. Well there should have been two photos on that last post of mine, 1 was the Old ship HMS MERLIN and the other one was the PROTECTOR, both were white, and white funnels. I must try and reduce them smaller than 50kb, that address that you gave me BOB is done in ..."
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"HMS Ariel Culcheth, Warrington
HMS Merlin, Dunfermaline Scotland"
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