Technical

Official Number: 133221
Yard Number: 487
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 215
Net Tonnage: 84
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

22.11.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.487) for The Port of Blyth Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Blyth as LORD WOLMER.
12.1911: Completed as LORD WIMBORNE.
20.12.1911: Registered at Blyth (BH73) (John E. Rushworth, manager).
20.8.1913: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) for £5,000.
28.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY916).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.703).
1915: Dardanelles Campaign.
27.5.1915: At about 6.45 am. off West Beach, Cape Hellas, battleship HMS MAJESTIC (Capt. H. F. G. Talbot RN) torpedoed by U-boat (U21), picked up seven survivors.
20.12.1915: Dardanelles (Gallipoli) evacuation completed. Redeployed. Based Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
3.1937: Sold to James S. Kelman, Aberdeen (managing owner).
7.3.1937: Grimsby registry closed.
18.3.1937: Registered at Aberdeen (A441).
1938: Sold to Mrs A. B. Robb, Aberdeen.
1.1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
27.3.1943: Stranded at Alftanes, Iceland. Total loss.
30.6.1943: Aberdeen registry closed “Total loss”.

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/05/2021: Updated history.