Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 134755
Yard Number: 547
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 296
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 135.2 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

28.10.1912: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.547) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. LEONARD.
12.12.1912: Registered at Grimsby (GY799).
12.12.1912: Matthew William Jennison appointed manager.
18.12.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Edward James Moody, Grimsby to secure the sum of £4000 with interest at 5%. (A).
11.1.1913: Completed.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.454).
9.11.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27. 11.1917: Sold to The Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd (64/64), London.
30.11.1917: Charles Jeffs Jnr, Cleveleys appointed manager. Based Kirkwall.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
21.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD333).
26.2.1922: Stranded Ardmore Rocks, Islay.
6.4.1922: Refloated, berthed Ardbeg Jetty. Returned Fleetwood, repaired and returned to service.
1924: Sold to Soc. de Pesca Golfinho Ltda, Lisbon.
5.9.1924: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed TONINHA. Registered at Lisbon.
1928: Sold to Sociedade Maritima Treve Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed MARIA CRISTINA PRIMEIRO.
1930: Sold to “Trevo” Ltda, Lisbon.
1933: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca Costeira Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed TREVO TERCEIRO.
1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
6.1940: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.6.1940: Registered in the Registry of British Ships at Hull.
7.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out at Pembroke Dock as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1683). Based Plymouth with M/S Group 53.
16.1.1941: Hull registry closed.
10.1942: Renamed FINESSE.
12.1942: While minesweeping off South West coast shot down Focke Wulf 190. Based Dartmouth with M/S Group 53.
1.1946: Laid up at Plymouth “To return to fishing”.
2.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Name confirmed and registered at Swansea as FINESSE (SA16).
1951: Sold to Giovanni Catarame, Catania, Sicily. Swansea registry closed. Renamed S. AGATA. No port of registry recorded.
1956: Sold for breaking up.

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St. Leonard GY799
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.