Technical
Official Number: 165343
Yard Number: 552
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 243
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.
10.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.552) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN SKY.
19.10.1936: Registered at London (LO162). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
17.10.1936: Arrived Fleetwood for final fit out.
9.11.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1,900 boxes £690 gross.
22.9.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 925 boxes £673 gross
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.41) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
5.6.1941: Shot down Heinkel 111 (Temp Lieut R. A. Harman RNVR).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
1943: Employed on convoy escort duties.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
28.9.1945: Returned to owner.
12.1946: London registry closed.
12.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY427).
10.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
10.1947: Remeasured 620g 239n.
10.8.1958: On an Icelandic trip (Sk. Alf Kissack), boarded and arrested by gunboat ODINN on alleged fishery charges and escorted to Seidisfjord.
12.8.1958: At court in Seydisfjord, Sk. Kissack was fined £2200 for fishing inside Icelandic territorial waters with £700 costs and gear and catch confiscated.
Pre 1959: John Bennett appointed manager.
Pre 1963: John A. Butt appointed manager.
1964: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne, for breaking up.
27.7.1964: Delivered Dunston-on-Tyne.
8.1964: Grimsby registry closed.
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Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published.
16/06/2014: Picture added.
17/12/2014: Added another picture.
26/03/2015: Added 2 pictures.
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16/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
10/03/2021: Added an image and updated history.