Saturday, December 6, 2014

the trawler 'Muriel' stranded


Muriel was built in 1907 by Messrs Lane & Sons of Totara North, a wooden, screw steamer of 59 gross register tons and owned by P. Feron & Sons.

In 1937 Muriel stranded on the Sumner Bar in Christchurch and was treated as a constructive total loss.


Dimension: length 64.7 feet (19.7 metres), beam 16.2 feet (4.94 metres), depth 8 feet. Engine output 18 hp.

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