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Technical

Admiralty Number: 4124
Official Number: 137615
Yard Number: 565
Completed: 1919
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

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.565) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TYPHOON (Ad.No.4124).
5.1919: Sold to W. E. Shreeve Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
28.5.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN LASSIE (YH78).
22.9.1919: Completed.
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft/Alex Keay, managing agent) and Padstow out of herring season.
26.8.1939: Hired for Examining Service (T90 – Dormant contract).
25.11.1939: Terminated.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (T98D – Net charter party) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
3.6.1940: Mined 23/4 cables bearing 55° from Outer Ridge Buoy off Harwich. Four crew missing*.
6.9.1940: Yarmouth registry closed.

(Missing* – Charles G. Bullock, Mate; Herbert J. Long, 1st Eng; Ernest A. Beckett, A. Smith, Deckhands; Samuel Cumby, Cook.)

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S.T. Ocean Lassie YH78
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78
George Mann and Ocean Lassie.
Picture courtesy of Andrew Mann

Changelog
14/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/11/2016: Picture added.