CHERITON  M118

Official No:  144537     Port Number and Year:  252nd in London, 1920 (LO360)                                                                                                                9th in Milford, 1920                                                                                       -   in Hull, 1938 (H519)

Description: Castle Class steel side / beam trawler; steam screw, coal burning.

Crew: 10 men (From 18 Nov 1937: 12 men).

Registered at Milford: 27 Jul 1920

Built: 1917; Smith Docks Co., South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesborough, as THOMAS ROBINS.  (Yard no. 710)

Tonnage: 275.13 grt  107.43 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 125.5 / 23.4 / 12.85

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 61 hp.10 kts.  Engine and boiler by builders

Owners:   4 May 1920: David Pettit, 'Westcliff', Wellington Rd., Hakin (64/64) Managing owner. Later: David Pettit, Docks, Milford. Manager: Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Heck Pettit.   2 Nov 1934: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co., Dock St, Fleetwood Manager: B. A. Parkes   As H519 13 Apr 1938: Saint Andrew's Steam Fishing, Hull.

Landed at Milford:  26 Jul 1920 - 17 Aug 1934

Skippers:

Notes: 28 Sep 1917: Launched for the Admiralty (No. 3531) as THOMAS ROBINS. 4 May 1920: Bought by David Pettit at a sale of ex-government trawlers, held at the Masonic Hall, Milford. 25 May 1920: Registered in London - LO360 31 Jun 1920: Renamed CHERITON, and London register closed on 6 Jul 1920. 19 Nov.1938: Stranded at full speed on the SW extremity of Skea Skerries in Westray Sound, Orkney. Crew taken off by local boats. Salved but declared CTL and sold for demolition.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 13 Apr 1938

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