Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow
Technical
Official Number: 124721
Yard Number: 192
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 230
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1907
Owner: Thomas James Wales, Swansea
History
12.9.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.192) for Thomas James Wales (64/64), Swansea (managing owner) as Triton.
11.10.1907: Completed.
11.10.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA61).
16.10.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (A).
19.10.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.11.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (B).
13.4.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (C).
6.5.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
20.12.1913: Mortgage (C) discharged.
20.12.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
1913: Transferred to Fleetwood.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
22.5.1915: Commissioned.
24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1761).
12.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
12.1918: Sold to William Sutherland (64/64), Aberdeen (managing owner).
12.1918: Swansea registry closed.
16.12.1918: Registered at Aberdeen (A94). Based Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
28.5.1923: Sold to Loch Line Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Bonaccord Steam Trawling Co Ltd (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
25.10.1924: Sold to Thomas & S. Hall, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Alexander Flockhart, Leith, manager).
8.3.1926: Sold to Fred Birch Jeffs (32/64) & Walter Garratt (32/64), Grimsby. Walter Garratt appointed manager.
8.3.1926: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.3.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY384).
26.3.1926: Walter Garratt designated managing owner.
18.8.1930: Walter Garratt shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
30.9.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (F).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Sold by mortgagee under mortgages (E) & (F) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby. (managing owner).
14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed as auxiliary patrol (Nore/Sheerness)(Hire rate £57.10.60d/month).
1.1940: Renamed WRANGLER. Designated for conversion to a minesweeper.
27.3.1940: Returned to owner and reverted to TRITON (GY384).
3.2.1941: Mortgage (H) discharged.
4.2.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £6000.
13.2.1941: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
26.9.1941: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
27.9.1941: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
14.8.1942: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out at London for fuel carrying duties (Esso) (P.No.Y7.42).
3.1944: Refitting at Milford and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
5.1944: At Plymouth allocated to Force O.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1944: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull appointed manager.
6.1945: Returned.
5.11.1945: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.11.1945: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1946: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Lee, Belfast for breaking up.
28.2.1946: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold for breaking up”.
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S.T. Triton SA61
Triton’s funnel visible at the bottom of the picture
Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/07/2015: Information and picture added.
19/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.