Technical

Admiralty Number: 4251
Official Number: 144032
Yard Number: 894
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

17.5.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.894) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD McGUIRE (Ad.No.4251).
30.11.1919: Completed. Sold to West Riding Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager).
3.12.1919: Delivered as a fishing vessel.
19.1.1920: Registered at Hull as CAPE St. VINCENT (H139).
10.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney C. Baker, Cleethorpes, manager).
31.10.1928: Registered at Hull as St. LOLAN (H139).
1.10.1931: Proceeding to sea after bunkering at Blyth, at about noon in collision in South Harbour with Workington steamer GALACUM (585grt/1915). Both vessel damaged.
6.1.1932: Homeward from Norwegian coast, stranded at Storfjorden, Norway.
7.1.1932: With salvage steamer in attendance refloated at 9.20pm. with slight damage. Proceeded to Grimsby.
11.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.4.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 209 boxes grossed £353.
25.5.1937: Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
26.5.1937: Hull registry closed.
16.7.1937: Registered at Sydney as KOROWA .
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Royal Australian Navy) as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.79). (6.9.1945?)
2.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Sydney.
1955: Sold for breaking up at Sydney.
13.7.1955: Registry closed after breaking up of vessel complete.

(Edward McGuire (also recorded as McQuire), AB (volunteer), age 24, b. Richmond, Surrey – VICTORY (SB158))

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07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.