Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships

Technical

Official Number: 114622
Yard Number: 398
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 190.2
Net Tonnage: 57.87
Length: 112.4 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 420ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Alex Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

18.10.1902: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.398) for James Chant (32/64) & Thomas Paddon (32/64), Plymouth as PENGUIN.
11.1902: Completed.
20.11.1902: James Chant designated managing owner.
30.11.1902: Registered at Plymouth (PH178)
16.12.1906: With steam trawler MAGNOLIA (M146) towed disabled steamer IDA ZSCHIMMER (362grt/?) of Rostock from SSW of the Longships to Falmouth arriving at 8.00 p.m.
10.8.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (A).
26.9.1912: Sold to Chant & Paddon Ltd (64/64), Plymouth.
26.9.1912: James Chant & Herbert William Chant appointed managers.
10.10.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (B).12.10.1912: Mortgage (A) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73.73 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.528).
15.1.1916: Based Milford. On patrol and i.a.w. Standing Orders, steaming without lights. At 6.20 am. off Tuskar Rock, collided with HM Drifter EVERARD (INS30)(Ad.No.2460) which subsequently sank.
17.1.1916: Mortgage (B) discharged.
2.3.1918: Sold to Herbert Ford, Birmingham.
4.3.1918: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth appointed manager.
4.3.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Plymouth.
8.11.1920: Mortgaged (C) discharged.
9.11.1920: Sold to Thomas Davidson, Aberdeen.
6.12.1920: Plymouth registry closed.
6.12.1920: Thomas Davidson designated managing owner.
13.12.1920: Registered at Aberdeen (A154).
7.9.1933: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
7.9.1933: Arrived Fleetwood from fishing grounds with broken propeller.
5.6.1934: Aberdeen registry closed.
7.6.1934: Registered at London (LO97).
1936: Sold for breaking up.
10.2.1937: London registry closed “Broken up”.

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03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.