S.T. Urie FD163

Technical

Official Number: 139797
Yard Number: 529
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 121 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1q1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.529) for Richard Watson Lewis, Aberdeen as URIE.
4.1917: Completed (Richard W. Lewis, managing owner).
23.4.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (A754).
5.1917: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for armed escort duties (Ad.No.1267). Based Harwich.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
6.5.1919: Sold to The Scarisbrick Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
6.5.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
8.5.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD163).
10.1924: Sold to Sam Robford & Co Ltd, London (Keith R. Hoare, Aberdeen, manager).
27.10.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.11.1924: Registered at Aberdeen (A62).
28.1.1927: Sold to William Alexander Mackie, Torry, Aberdeen (managing owner).
14.10.1932: Sold to Andrew Lewis, Aberdeen (managing owner).
26.1.1933: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen,
6.9.1933: Sold to Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton (T. L. Devlin, manager).
30.9.1933: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.1933: Registered at Granton as CORIOLANUS (GN40).
24.8.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1948)(Hire rate £65.18.4d/month).
12.1940: Renamed CRAFTSMAN.
1942: Transferred to Thomas L. Devlin & Sons Ltd, Granton (T. L. Devlin, manager).
3.1944: Converted for dan laying duties.
10.1944: Returned and reverted to Coriolanus (GN40).
31.3.1948: When some 200 miles from Aberdeen, in very heavy weather and severe gale force winds started to take in water in engine room. Pumps were able to cope.
4.1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to G. & W. Brunton, Grangemouth for breaking up.
29.4.1960: Delivered Grangemouth from Granton under own power. Granton registry closed.

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S.T. Coriolanus GN40

S.T. Coriolanus GN40
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archive and www.grantontrawlers.com

S.T. Coriolanus GN40

S.T. Coriolanus GN40
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
25/01/2015: Image added.
13/02/2015: Information updated.
04/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.