Technical

Official Number: 118931
Yard Number: 53
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 170
Net Tonnage: 59
Length: 105.0 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

29.6.1904: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.53) for George F. Sleight Ltd, Grimsby as ROTO.
8.1904: Completed.
16.8.1904: Registered at Grimsby (GY22). George F. Sleight designated managing owner.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.947). Based Larne.
1.1.1918: George F. Sleight knighted.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
29.6.1920: Sir George F. Sleight conferred Baronetcy of the United Kingdom.
19.3.1921: Sir George F. Sleight, Bart died. Managers became the Executors of Sir George F. Sleight Bart.
17.11.1933: Sold to George F. Sleight & Raymond L. Humphrey, Grimsby. Major Sir Ernest Sleight Bart, OBE designated managing owner.
21.11.1938: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
23.11.1938: Grimsby registry closed.
26.11.1938: Registered at Lowestoft (LT286).
1.12.1939: Transferred to fish out of Lowestoft.
16.12.1938: Registered at Lowestoft as SAXMUNDHAM LT286) (BoT Minute M/RG 1575/38).
4.1940: Fishing out of Milford. H. Westenborg managing agent.
28.1.1942: Last landing at Milford.
1945: Sold to Raw Materials Supply Co Ltd, London.
1948: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
22.6.1948: Typical landing from Home Waters – 149 boxes.
1950: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London. Leonard Frederick Milton designated manager.
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston.
6.1952: Arrived Tyne for Dunston for breaking up.
1952: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Roto GY22
Picture courtesy of Milford Trawlers

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01/09/2019: Page published.