Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham
Official Number: 130033
Yard Number: 202
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 93
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 87.3 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thomas Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee
History
1911: Launched by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.202) for Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as CYCLAMEN.
6.1911: Completed (William Thomas Tripp, Kessingland, manager).
20.6.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1136).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.1848).
12.1915: Renamed CYCLAMEN II. Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft and reverted to CYCLAMEN (LT1136).
From 1925: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Milford.
21.8.1927: Fishing Small’s grounds 5 miles NNE of St. Ann’s Head connected to Milford trawler LINCOLNIA (FD118) disabled with machinery defect. Towed to Milford arriving same day.
28.10.1927: Sidney James Tripp, Kessingland appointed manager.
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
24.10.1932: Delivered steam drifter HOLLY BANK (LT35) at Lowestoft having been picked up disabled with damaged rudder.
1938: Sold to Arthur C. Mitchell (13/64); William Wilcox (13/64); Kenneth Llewellin (13/64); William Henry Kerr (13/64), all Milford Haven and George Mitchell (12/64), Lowestoft (Arthur C. Mitchell, managing owner).
11.1957: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
6.11.1957: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges.
22.11.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.
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Changelog
07/01/2011: Page published
19/05/14: Information updated and picture 3 added
12/05/2016: Added picture.
19/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks.