Technical

Official Number: 136891
Yard Number: 402
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 302
Length: 126.2 ft
Breadth: 23.3 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: 61nhp T.3-cyl by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen

History

23.5.1914: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen , Aberdeen (Yd.No.402) for Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WHOOPER.
18.7.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD15).
7.1914: Completed (R. W. Mason, manager).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.668).
30.6.1916: Lost off Lowestoft by mine explosion; one officer and eight ratings lost *.
17.11.1916: Fleetwood registry closed “Lost on Admiralty service”.

(*Lost: Ty Skipper Thomas G. Phipps RNR; John W. Spooner, 2nd Hand; Harry E. Adams, Engineman; David S. Bird, POTel; Ernest Harrison & Richard E Stroud, Deckhands: Ernest Johnson & Joseph Nolloth, Trimmers; Aubrey Hinchliffe, Ord Tel.)

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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.