Copyright Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 130009
Yard Number: 128
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 80
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 83.2 ft
Breadth: 18.1 ft
Depth: 8.7 ft
Built: Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Engine: C.2-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1911: Launched by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.128) for William J. Head & George Kilwick Wright, Belvedere, Kent (joint owners) as VERA CREINA.
4.1911: Completed.
22.4.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT758). William J. Head designated managing owner.
18.10.1913: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft. William J. Head designated manager.
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1865). Based Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Head & Wright Ltd).
4.9.1925: At Lowestoft, nets damaged by fire. 1928/1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
19.6.1928: Typical landing 35 boxes.
9.10.1939: Stranded on Bacton beach.
11.10.1939: Refloated by tug. 1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
1943: Harold Frank Weeks, Fleetwood designated manager.
16.6.1943: Typical landing. 86 kits – cod/codling-28, whiting-8, flats-30, roker-13, gurnard-5, sole & prime-2.
12.2.1946: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London (Samuel Stewart, manager).
12.8.1953: Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Denis Stephens, manager).
1954: Sold for breaking up.
30.7.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

29/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
22/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/08/2021: Updated history.