Technical

Admiralty Number: 3848
Official Number: 147964
Yard Number: 1315
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 206
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe
Engine (1): C.4-cyl 11” & 22” – 10” steam engine driving experimental water jet propulsion and new boiler fitted by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
Engine (2): 430ihp T.3-cyl by Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury.

History

9.1918: Launched by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1315) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as HENRY JENNINGS (Ad.No.3848).
1919: Towed to Thames for machinery installation and completion by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
1919: 2 x C.2-cyl 11” & 22” – 10” steam engines driving centrifugal pumps for experimental water jet propulsion and boiler fitted by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
22.7.1919: Completed (W/T).
1920: Based at Portsmouth Torpedo School.
9.1920: Renamed URE.
1921: Experimental water jet propulsion replaced with conventional shafting and propeller.
1924: Re-engined with T.3-cyl (430ihp) by Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury.
1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1924: Registered at Boston as ABY O.N.147964 (BN19). Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston designated manager.
1925: Sold to General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
12.1928: Boston registry closed.
27.12.1928: Registered at Granton as MORAY (GN105). Adam E. Noble, Leith designated manager.
7.5.1930: Company in voluntary liquidation.
4.6.1930: Advertised for sale along with BUCCLEUGH (GN27), LOTHIAN (GN5) and ROSEBERY (GN104).
1930: Registered to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton following purchase of assets of General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh. Archibald Glen Brown designated managing owner.
13.10.1932: Stranded near St. Monans, Fife. Refloated with bottom damage.
14.10.1932: Returned to Granton. Subsequent repair involved 10 shell plates and cost £100. Deckhand Peter Horne adjudged responsible and fined £5 for falling asleep.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager. Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (Hire rate £61.16.0d/month).
22.10.1941: Fitted as a water boat (boiler feed) with portable tanks.
10.11.1942: Employed on miscellaneous duties.
14.3.1943: Foundered off St. Ann’s Head, Pembrokeshire in heavy seas while employed as a victualling supply vessel. Granton registry closed.

(Henry Jennings, Private, Marine, age 27, b. Wolverhampton, Staffordshire – VICTORY (ML83))

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S.T. Moray GN105
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
17/06/2021: Updated details.