Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 146039
Yard Number: 71
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: T.3-cyl by Robey & Co Ltd, Lincoln

Wooden built: drifter/seiner/trawler

History

1920: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.71) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TWINKLE.
8.8.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel. Laid up.
8.1921: Sold to Samuel Franklin, Grimsby.
26.10.1921: Registered at Grimsby as CLOUDARCH (GY1303). Samuel Franklin, Grimsby appointed managing owner.
31.10.1921: Mortgaged to Lloyd’s Bank Ltd, London(A).
3.2.1922: Sold to Grimsby Seine Net Co Ltd, Grimsby (Samuel Franklin, manager) under mortgage (A).
10.2.1922: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.2.1922: Mortgaged to Lloyd’s Bank Ltd, London (B).
29.3.1922: Re-registered at Grimsby (GY187).
18.4.1932: Transfer of mortgage (B) to Samuel Franklin, Grimsby.
3.6.1932: Sold to Henry Norman Franklin, Grimsby under mortgage (B).
14.6.1932: Mortgaged to Barclay’s Bank Ltd, London (C).
20.10.1942: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
26.6.1943: Returned to owner.
1943-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
5.7.1943: First landing at Fleetwood. 140 kits – cod-40, whiting-35, flats-20, roker-45.
27.3.1946: Sold to Harry Franklin Ltd, Grimsby.
13.4.1946: Mortgage (C) discharged.
1947: Sold for breaking up.
1948: Broken up at Grimsby.
29.9.1948: Grimsby registry closed. “Ship broken up”.
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S.D/S/T. Cloudarch GY187
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

09/12/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
30/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/12/2019: Updated information.