S.D/T. Accord PD90 | The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3911
Yard Number: 548
Official Number: 145784
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

12.6.1918: Launched by by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.548) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as ICEPACK (Ad.No.3911).
11.7.1918: Completed (1-6pdr).
6.1922: Sold to George Catchpole, Lowestoft.
29.6.1922: Registered at Lowestoft as ACCORD (LT1247).
19.9.1922: Sold to George Catchpole (32/64); Frederick Ernest Catchpole (16/64); Orlando Frederick Mullender (16/64), Lowestoft.
13.6.1926: Sold to James, William, John & Peter Duthie (all 16/64 shares), Peterhead (James Duthie, manager).
3.6.1926: Lowestoft registry closed.
6.1926: Registered at Peterhead (PD90).
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on transport duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
3.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1946: Returned to owner.
1946-1948: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, manager).
4.1948: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Cecil F. Mayo, manager).
4.1948: Peterhead registry closed.
10.4.1948: Registered at Yarmouth (YH344).
8.6.1948: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN SUNBEAM (YH344).
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
13.10.1954: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans of herring.
4.1956: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
3.5.1956: Yarmouth registry closed. (Note: Bloomfields last surviving steamer)

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S.D/T. Ocean Sunbeam YH344
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Changelog
15/05/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
12/06/2016: Picture added.
31/07/2016: Picture added.
18/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
09/03/2023: Added an image.