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Technical

Admiralty Number: 4169
Official Number: 144783
Yard Number: 103
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 94
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollitt & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.103) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as LANDBREEZE (Ad.No.4169).
11.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
17.4.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.11.1920: Registered at Aberdeen O.N.144783 (A315).
2.6.1921: Sold under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) to Frederick Alfred Sibley, Aberdeen (Sidney M. Cannon, manager).
9.1923: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
4.9.1923: Aberdeen registry closed.
2.1924: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Allan H. Watson, manager).
7.2.1924: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1296).
1928/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood. Alex Keay/William Head, managing agent.
20.6.1928: Typical landing 29 boxes. Fished out of Fleetwood during WW2.
2.7.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 112 kits – cod/codling-66, flats-10, whiting-7, roker-15, ling/coley-6, gurnard-4, prime-4.
3.10.1943: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London.
6.1945: Returned to Lowestoft.
2.1955: Condemned following Special Survey.
6.1955: Sold to Jas. de Smedt, Antwerp for breaking up.
13.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp towing PEACE WAVE (LT47) also sold for breaking up.
3.8.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Landbreeze LT1296
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

14/05/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/03/1911: Updated history.