Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 127165
Yard Number: 332
Completed: April 10 1909
Gross Tonnage: 148.09
Net Tonnage: 56.54
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.4 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, 1909

History

10.4.1909: Launched as a great liner by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen, Aberdeen (Yd.No.332) for George Leiper, William Leiper & Joseph Leiper (joint owners 64/64), Aberdeen as KINCORTH.
15.5.1909: Registered at Aberdeen (A263).
5.1909: Completed. John Hannel Irvin designated manager.
17.2.1917: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for special service and mine duties. Based Longhope.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen (George Leiper, Torry, Aberdeen).
15.1.1925: Sold to James Leiper, George Gray & Alexander Main, Aberdeen and Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
21.4.1925: Sold to George Gray, Andrew Craig, Aberdeen and Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
24.2.1930: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd (64/64), North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
8.5.1935: Picked up disabled on fishing grounds with trawl warps round propeller by steam trawler GENERAL JOFFRE (SN123) and delivered North Shields.
31.3.1939: At Tynemouth Borough Police Court, George Johnson (52), Sydney Styles (30) and Andrew Wears (38), all of North Shields were charged with stealing 15 codling valued at 13s 6d, the property of Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd. All three pleaded not guilty but the case was proven and they were fined, Johnson 20s, Styles & Wears 30s.
1939: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control. J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood local agents.
1940: Sold to James W. Tomlinson (64/64), North Shields. J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood local agents.
10.12.1941: Mined 7 miles ENE from Point Lynas, North Wales; Sk. W. C. Bowles and crew of ten lost*.
15.1.1942: Aberdeen registry closed.

*Lost – Sk. William Charles Bowles (49); Walter Charles Rix (51), Mate; Horace Frederick Palmer (42), Bosun; Arthur William Jeffries (60), Ch Eng; Harold Douglas (51), 2nd Eng; George William Blowers (39) and Albert Rowland Wynn Kay (18), Deckhands; John Condron (18) and Leonard Cross (18), Boys; George Douglas (18), Fireman; George Charles Snow (44), Cook.

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S.T. Kincorth A263
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published.
25/05/14: Name added to crew list.
29/11/2017: Information updated and removed FMHT watermark from image.
13/04/2021: Updated history.