Technical

Official Number: 165377
Yard Number: 569
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 254
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
12.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.569) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN ISLES.
17.12.1936: Registered at London (LO172). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
11.1.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 1,192 boxes grossed £692.
1/2.3.1937: Last (part) landings at Fleetwood, 1,375/800 grossed £575/£341.
3.1937: Transferred to Hull (Boyd Line Ltd, managers).
25.3.1937: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds (Sk. Bywaters).
19.4.1937: At Hull landed 2,426 kits grossed £821.
3.9.1937: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds last trip before sale (Sk. Bywaters).
24.9.1937: At Hull landed 1,030 kits grossed £1,026.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel, later converted to A/S trawler (1-4”, AA weapons) (P.No.4.25) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
5.9.1939: Lieut. Derik S. A. Hewett RNR appointed CO.
25.11.1939: Lieut. Joseph F. Twite RNR appointed CO.
6.10.1940 Lieut. Alexander G. Scott RNR appointed CO. With Northern Patrol Group.
2.1942: Ty.Lieut. John Maurice Baldry RNVR appointed CO.
25.2.1942: One of 24 A/S trawlers lent to CinC U.S.Fleet for A/S operations under U.S. Command on the East Coast of N. America.
5.10.1942: Returned to Royal Navy and and sailed Norfolk, Va for Trinidad.
11.11.1942: Sailed Trinidad but disabled and taken in tow by HMT INTEGRITY (W14).
25.11.1942: Delivered Freetown, Sierra Leone.
1943: Operated in South Atlantic based at Cape Town.
1.1944: Ty. Lieut. Arthur R. J. Tilston DSC SANF(V) appointed CO.
9.2.1944: Taken in hand at Port Elizabeth for refit afloat to be followed by docking at Simonstown.
8-17.5.1944: Docked at Simonstown.
1.8.1944: Ty. Lieut. David LeFleming Dobson RNVR appointed CO.
8.1944: Based Durban.
19.1.1945: Stranded off Durban while on loop patrol (CinC S.A. 220934/1 refers). Declared a Total Loss.
23.2.1945: Paid off. London registry closed.

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HMT Northern Isles
Picture courtesy of Osta

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
07/10/2016: Significant information update.