Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4161
Official Number: 146867
Yard Number: 18
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 94.56
Net Tonnage: 39.85
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 9.95 ft
Built: Clapson & Sons, Barton on Humber
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

14.2.1920: Launched by Clapson & Sons, Barton on Humber (Yd.No.18) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as FOUNTAIN (Ad.No.4161).
3.6.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
14.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
3.2.1922: Sold to Grimsby Seine Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Converted for seine netting.
19.7.1922: Registered at Grimsby as WHITENIGHT (GY88).
19.7.1922: Samuel Franklin appointed manager.
25.7.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Loyds Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.12.1931: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.12.1931: Sold to Harry Norman Franklin (64/64), Grimsby.
21.12.1931: Harry Norman Franklin appointed manager.
14.1.1932: Shares (43/64) sold to Harry Franklin Ltd (43/64), Grimsby.
14.1.1932: Shares (21/64) sold to Sk. Andrew Wilson Mair (21/64), Cleethorpes.
14.1.1932: Harry Norman Franklin appointed manager.
23.3.1932: Vessel mortgaged (43/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
24.5.1932: Andrew Wilson Mair shares (21/64) mortgaged to Harry Franklin Ltd (21/64), Grimsby (C).
7.11.1932: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1.3.1934: Mortgage (C) discharged.
1.3.1934: Andrew Wilson Mair shares (21/64) sold to Harry Franklin Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.3.1934: Harry Norman Franklin appointed manager.
1940-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1949: Converted to a floating club house for Grimsby & Cleethorpes Yacht Club. Moored in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby.
19.10.1954: Grimsby registry closed. “Vessel broken up” (although reported by beneficial owner, this was not the case).
1974: In poor condition buried by contractors in the building of the Grimsby car import terminal at Winnipeg (now Westgate).

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S.D/S Whitenight GY88
Picture courtesy of The ALB Collection

S.D/S Whitenight GY88
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
07/04/2011: Page published. 6 updates since then.
21/01/2016: Information added.
21/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.