Technical

Official Number: 165375
Yard Number: 568
Completed: June 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 254
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
6.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.568) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN PRINCESS.
9.12.1936: Registered at London (LO170). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
06.01.1937: First landing at Fleetwood. landed 1,830 boxes grossed £1,180.
3.1937: Transferred to Hull (Boyd Line Ltd, managers).
24.3.1937: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. J. Gibbs).
15.4.1937: At Hull landed 1,677 kits grossed £550.
14.9.1937: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds last trip before sale (Sk. A. Meacock).
2.10.1937: At Hull landed 1,212 kits grossed £737.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.06) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
2.1942: Transferred on loan to US Navy.
7.3.1942: On passage Londonderry to USA (Lt. Dryden B Phillipson RNR) in thick fog off the Grand Banks (Newfoundland). Last seen at 2043 in position 45.22N 55.59W.
8.3.1942: Torpedoed by U-boat (U.587); no wreckage, no survivors from crew of thirty-eight.
8.5.1942: London registry closed.

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S.T. Northern Princess LO170
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/08/2024: Updated information.