Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 110711
Yard Number: 257
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 171.98
Net Tonnage: 52.14
Length: 110.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

25.3.1899: Launched by by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.257) for William Widdowson (64/64), Hull as DIANA.
4.1899: Completed.
1.5.1899: Registered at Hull (H453). William Widdowson designated managing owner.
1902: New boiler fitted (made 1899).
9.1907: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
18.9.1907: Hull registry closed.
19.9.1907: Registered at Fleetwood (FD135). James H. Marr designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 67.20net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
13.10.1914: Sold to Thomas Lauder (64/64), Aberdeen for £2,250.
13.10.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
13.10.1914: Thomas Lauder designated managing owner.
2.11.1914: Registered at Aberdeen (A148).
1915: Sold to Robert Milne (64/64), Aberdeen. Robert Milne designated managing owner.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a collier in support of boom gate working vessels (2-12pdrs). Based Scapa.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
15.1.1920: Sold to James Mearns Davidson (64/64), Glasgow.
4.7.1920: Sold to The Nettle Trawler Co Ltd (64/64), London. Benjamin Allenby c/o Sam Isaacs Ltd, Aberdeen designated manager.
11.1921: The Nettle Trawler Co Ltd in liquidation. Laid up at Pointlaw, Aberdeen.
12.12.1921: Advertised for sale by John Fraser, Liquidator, along with steam trawler NETTLE (A262). Vessel is in first class order and sold with all gear on board as lies.
1922: Sold to John Walker & Robert Allan Morrice (64/64 joint owners), Aberdeen. John Walker designated managing owner.
11.6.1926: Sold to William Frederick Croft, Hartlepool. William Frederick Croft designated managing owner.
10.7.1926: Sold to Croft Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hartlepool. William F. Croft designated manager.
1929: Cecil Croft designated manager.
7.2.1930: Sold to Robert Scott Hewett, London & Fleetwood.
17.2.1930: Aberdeen registry closed.
18.2.1930: Registered at London (LO31). Robert S. Hewett designated managing owner.
30.5.1930: Sold to Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood. Robert S. Hewett designated manager.
8.6.1930: Connected to steam drifter/trawler THRIFTY (LT152) disabled with propeller fouled with fishing gear and delivered Fleetwood.
1937: Sold for breaking up.
10.2.1937: London registry closed.

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S.T. Diana H453
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
19/12/2008: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
06/07/2014: Picture added.
21/07/2016: Information updated.
01/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/09/2021: Updated history and technical details.