Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 138958
Yard Number: 614
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 235.31
Net Tonnage: 90.11
Length: 117.8 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 74bhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough.

History

20.3.1916: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.614) for Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby as MANX KING.
11.4.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY881). Walter H. Beeley designated managing owner.
4.1916: Completed. Requisitioned by The Admiralty from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3274).
4.1917: Sold to London owners.
12.1917: Sold to Aberdeen Pioneer Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Horace E. Stroud designated manager. Based Portsmouth.
17.2.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
19.2.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A127).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
6.1919: Sold to L. Slaney, Grimsby.
23.6.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
26.6.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY387).
7.1919: Sold to John W. Smethurst, Grimsby. John W. Smethurst designated managing owner.
6.1920: Sold to Henry Smethurst, Grimsby. John W. Smethurst designated manager.
5.1924: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. (Sir Alec Black, Bart designated manager.
1925: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
11.7.1928: Typical landing 140 boxes.
12.1935: Sold to Alexander George Lumsden Meff, Aberdeen & others (managing owner).
12.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
16.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A390).
9.5.1938: Sold to Alexander George Lumsden Meff, Aberdeen. Alexander George Lumsden Meff designated managing owner.
21.3.1940: About 15 miles NNW of Foula, Shetland picked up from boat eighteen crew of neutral Danish motor vessel ALGIER (1654grt/1938) torpedoed by U.boat (U38) earlier that day. Survivors land at Scalloway pm.
7.7.1942: When some 10 miles NE of Fuglo Head, Faeroe Islands bombed and strafed by German aircraft.
12.7.1949: Sold to John Grant, Aberdeen.
26.8.1949: Sold to John Cameron, Buckenhaven, Peterhead.
18.9.1950: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/06/2021: Updated information.