Technical

Admiralty Number: 3584
Official Number: 143829
Yard Number: 379
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

17.12.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.379) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOSEPH BUTTON (Ad.No.3584).
24.4.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
14.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOSEPH BUTTON O.N. 143829.
30.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO241).
1920: Sold to The Skomer Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff (Lewis Bull).
16.11.1923: Sold to Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, joint managers).
11.12.1928: Sailed Milford for the fishing grounds (Sk. A. J. Beckett). In collision in the Haven with schooner MATILDA of Wexford (100grt/1870), which subsequently foundered with the loss of four crew members.
2.1.1938: On grounds off SW Ireland (Sk. Robert Limbrick) picked up crew of steam trawler VICTOR (M97) (Sk. John H. Ryan) which had foundered off Galway coast.
3.1.1938: Landed survivors at Valentia, Co.Kerry.
5.1938: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
20.5.1938: London registry closed.
23.5.1938: Registered at Milford (M272).
4.1939: Transferred to Fleetwood.
31.7.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £3750.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £87.0.0d/month).
11.1939: Fitted out at Liverpool as a minesweeper (P.No.NR).
21.10.1940: In a group of four minesweeping off Suffolk coast in a minefield laid by German aircraft (Sk. A. J. Cowie RNR).
22.10.1940: Foundered after striking a mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk whilst searching for survivors from one of the group, HMTrawler WAVEFLOWER (P.No.FY.703) mined the previous day. Five crew MPK*.
27.12.1941: Milford registry closed “Lost by enemy action”.

MPK* – Frederick C. Stebbings, Engineman; William Barker, Stoker PO; Ronald Garnham & Edward A. Pearson, Stokers; Bertie Hosking, OS.

(Joseph Button, Landsman (prest), age 23, b. Chelmsford, Essex – VICTORY (SB556))

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HMT Joseph Button LO241
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Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
04/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.
17/02/2024: Added an image.