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Technical

Admiralty Number: 4133
Yard Number: 547
Official Number: 137618
Gross Tonnage: 96.45
Net Tonnage: 40.70
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.547) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PAMPERO (Ad.No.4133).
10.1919: Sold to Arthur James Larner (64/64), Caister on Sea.
1.11.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
15.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (Part I & IV) as EDALBA O.N.137618 (YH218).
26.11.1919: Sold to Edward A. Baker (48/64), Gt. Yarmouth & Arthur James Larner (16/64), Caister on Sea. Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
20.5.1922: Sold to E. A. Baker (64/64), Gt. Yarmouth.
21.9.1922: Sold to Martin Gardner, H. Gardner, D. Carstairs, Cellardyke & W. Wilson, North Shields.
16.10.1922: Yarmouth registry closed.
10.1922: Registered at Kirkcaldy as ACORN (KY194).
By 1939: Sold to Agnes & Thomas Gardner, Cellardyke.
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service. Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
7.1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Kirkcaldy registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as SYLWERIUSZ (GDY114).
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
23.5.1949: Sold to R. C. Cook, A. W. Eastoe, R. H. Colby, Lowestoft & J. Odde, East Molsey. Gdynia registry closed.
27.7.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as ACORN (LT31).
1952: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
13.5.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
7.9.1954: Sold to Percy William Sutton, Gt. Yarmouth.
16.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Co Ltd, Halifax, NS. Paul Stockhammer, London designated manager. Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS.
23.9.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Canada (Sk. Ivan Down) in Company with motor trawler BOSTON SWIFT (‘H’11), calling Stornoway to top up with bunker coal. 13.10.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS in tow of BOSTON SWIFT with depleted bunkers.
1975: Broken up at Halifax, NS.

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S.T. Acorn LT31
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Collection

Changelog

11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
30/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
08/06/2019: Minor information update.