Technical

Official Number: 163161
Yard Number: 1117
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage: 398
Net Tonnage: 151
Length: 150.5 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 101hp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

24.8.1933: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.1117) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD PLENDER.
14.10.1933: Registered at Hull (H517).
19.10.1933: Completed (Albert Turgoose & James Clark, joint managers).
23.1.1935: Off Iceland (Sk. Soren Sorrenson) went to assistance of GERIA, disabled.
25.7.1939: Insured value £19,100.
29.7.1939: Sailed Hull for White Sea (Sk. G. Kristiansen).
18.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,257 kits £1,531gross.
1939: To sale to The Admiralty, at Hull landed from Iceland/White Sea/Bear Island (Sks. H. Claston, J. Clixby, G. Adams, G. Kristiansen) 203 days 12,587 kits £12,634 gross.
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£20,944). Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”. AA weapons, ASDIC, DC) (P.No.FY.181).
14.11.1939: Hull registry closed.
6.1940: Based Harwich with A/S Group 19 (Ch Sk.J. M. T. Brebner RNR).
1.1941: Remains at Harwich.
6.1941: Remains at Harwich (Sk. Lieut. J. M. T Brebner RNR).
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty in pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
1.1946: Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull for £14,416(Thomas Boyd, manager).
30.1.1946: Registered at Hull (H191).
16.11.1946: Sold to Lord Line Ltd, Hull for £14,416 + £1(Thomas W. Boyd, manager) (20/-).
17.4.1950: Sold to Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £11,000 (Lord Line in liquidation) (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
22.07.1953: Company restyled Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
29.2.1956: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip from port (Sk. J. Betts).
22.3.1956: At Hull landed 847 kits grossed £3,322.
13.11.1956: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Leslie Wheildon, manager).
13.11.1956: Hull registry closed.
15.11.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD59).
29.11.1962: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up.
6.2.1963: Arrived Passage West from Fleetwood.
1963: Breaking up completed. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Plender FD59
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S.T. Lord Plender FD59
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S.T. Lord Plender FD59
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S.T. Lord Plender FD59
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HMT Lord Plender
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Changelog
13/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/03/2017: Removed disputed images.
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29/09/2019: Added image and updated information.