Technical

Official Number: 128921
Yard Number: 424
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 245
Net Tonnage: 96
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.424) for Edward Garnham (64/64), Swansea as A.G. 2.
1911: Completed.
14.2.1911: Registered at Swansea (SA104). Crawford Heron appointed manager.
14.2.1911: Mortgaged to Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (A).
6.5.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
6.5.1913: Sold to Thomas Frederick Kelsall (64/64), Fleetwood.
9.5.1913: Mortgaged to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (B).
31.5.1913: Arrived Fleetwood.
8.7.1913: Registered at Swansea as KAPHREDA (SA104).
1.8.1913: Swansea registry closed.
5.8.1913: Registered at Fleetwood (FD188).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.364).
8.6.1916: Mined and lost off Corton Light Vessel.
20.6.1916: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost – Ty/Sk. George W. Baldry; John Pimbley, 2nd Hand; Ezekiah J. Hurr & Percival D. Usher, Enginmen; Donald E. Loving, Ernesy G. Raven, Frederick Sokes, deckhands; Richard Watkins, trimmer; Charles A. Richards, signal boy.)

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.