Technical

Official Number: 120474
Yard Number: 758
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 196
Net Tonnage: 74
Length: 115.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

11.1904: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.758) for George H. D. Birt, Milford Haven (managing owner) as DANIA.
11.1904: Registered at London (LO187).
11.1904: Completed.
7.1905: Off the Spanish coast in storm force conditions (Sk. Joseph Huddlestone), William Shepherd (23), bosun, washed overboard and drowned.
21.7.1908: Sold to Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool (Robert Harley, manager).
24.3.1917: Sold to The Croston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, manager).
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Nordenfelt 6pdr gun (No.268); compliment increased by two gunners.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
21.2.1919: London registry closed.
24.2.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD22).
1924: William W. Brierley appointed manager.
1.2.1927: Sk. H. Buckley was fined £20 plus costs at Bangor for trawling within the limits off the Anglesey coast.
1936: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
1937: Delivered Preston.
13.12.1937: Fleetwood registry closed. Breaking up completed.

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S.T. Dania FD22
Picture from the Internet (shipsnostalgia.com)

S.T. Dania FD22
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Dania FD22
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Rachael (background) Redwing (foreground)
Hercules (alongside)
Dania (outboard)
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

Changelog
15/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
29/01/2016: Picture added.
06/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/09/2020: Added an image.