Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks (Plymouth Merchant Ships)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3713
Official Number: 144276
Yard Number: 328
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 277.42
Net Tonnage: 120.79
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

3.10.1917: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.328) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CASEWELL (Ad.No.3713).
8.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer).
1919: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London (O.N.144276).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to Herbert Ford (64/64), Birmingham for £8250.
7.1920: London registry closed.
15.7.1920: Registered at Plymouth (PH181).
7.1920: Converted to a fishing vessel.
23.7.1920: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth appointed manager.
20.9.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
1921: Jules Nierinck, Fleetwood appointed manager.
22.10.1921: At 7.30 pm. entering Castletownbere, Co. Cork, stranded on Dog Rocks, eastern end of Bere Island. Crew left ship in own boats and landed Bere Island.
24.10.1921: Salvage lighter ADELAIDE (70grt/1876) despatched from Queenstown to assist.
25.10.1921: Surveyed. Rudder and stern frame broken, considerable bottom damage but little ingress of water.
26.10.1921: Salvage work progressing in fine weather.
27.10.1921: Ship stripped of all wood, entire bottom, keel and stern frame to renew, floors and engine bed plate fractured. Will require five 12” pumps and shallow draught vessel to go alongside. “Strongly recommend cutting loss as any south west wind will finish job off.”
2.1.1922: Report of Total loss.
24.3.1922: Plymouth registry closed.

(John Casewell, OS, age 21, b. Plymouth – VICTORY (SB837))

Changelog

13/06/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.