Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3719
Official Number: 143882
Yard Number: 395
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

12.6.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.395) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM CALDWELL (Ad.No.3719).
16.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr).
28.5.1919: Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).
6.10.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
11.5.1920: Sold by auction at London (Baltic Exchange) to Edward Brand & John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owners).
19.6.1920: Registered at London (LO374).
19.3.1923: Sold to John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
10(?).5.1930: Off the Smalls, rendered assistance to a steam hopper belonging to James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, towing a dredger from Southampton to Isle of Man, which had broken away and the wire had fouled her propeller. Connected and delivered to Milford arriving 5.30 p.m.
1935: Sold to Mrs Gertrude E. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Pembroke Hake Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
1938: E. V. Pennington appointed manager.
15.9.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-12pdr) (P.No.Z142) (Hire rate £87.0.0d/month).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1944: Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).
1945: Sold to The Admiralty.
12.1946: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
1948: Registered at Granton (GN56).
1949: Sold to Clyde Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh (John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow, managers).
1955: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton (Alexander A. Stuart, Glasgow, manager). Granton registry closed. Registered at Glasgow (GW17).
1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
30.7.1957: Moved to shipbreaking berth under tow.
(William Caldwell, AB, age 29, b. Plymouth, Devon – VICTORY (SB916))

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S.T. William Caldwell GN56
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Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/09/2015: Information updated.
09/07/2023: Added an image.