CHARLES BOYES LO334 / A418

Official No:  143886     Port and Year:  London, 1920  (LO334)                                                                  Aberdeen, c.1920?  (A418)                                                                  Hull. 1939 (H526)

Description: Castle Class steel side trawler; coal fired.  Ketch rigged

Crew: 11 men

Built: by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, in 1918.  (Yard no. 388)

Tonnage:   290 grt  127 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 125.5 / 23.5 / 12.7

Engine: T 3-Cyl; 87 rhp; by Amos & Smith Co., Hull

Owners:   As LO334 1920: Elspeth, Lady Beardmore, Glasgow Managers: Brand & Curzon, Docks, Milford   As A418 ? 1921: Elspeth, Lady Invernairn, Glasgow   14 Jun 1932: Brand & Curzon, Docks, Milford   4 Oct 1932: Mills Steam Ship Co., London Managers: Brand & Curzon, Docks, Milford.   6 Aug 1936: Mrs A. I. Fraser, Aberdeen Manager: J. M. Fraser   1938: Brand & Curzon, Docks, Milford   22 July 1938:  Saint Andrew's Steam Fishing Co., Fleetwood Manager: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys   As H526 1938: Transferred to Hull. Jan 1939: Registered as H526.

Landed at Milford: 19 Feb 1921 - 29 May 1932

Skippers:

Notes: 4 Feb 1918: Launched as Admy. No. 3593; fitted with listening hydrophones; 1 x 12 pdr, 1 x 3.5" bomb thrower. 19 Feb 1920: Registered by the Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO334). Sold to mercantile. 1 Sep 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted for minesweeping duties. 25 May 1940: Operating from Gt Yarmouth. Mined in North Sea; nineteen crew lost, three saved. [Information supplied by Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch.]

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