COPIEUX  M183

Official No:  143889    Port Number and Year: 658th in London, 1920 (LO446)                                                                                   -    in Grimsby, 1922 (GY1325)                                                                                   -    in Granton, 1928 GN80                                                                                   -    in North Shields, 1933 (SN157)                                                                                   -    in Aberdeen, 1938 (A465)                                                                                   5th in Milford, 1942 (M183)                                                                                   -     in Aberdeen, 1945 (A599)                                                                                       -     in Fleetwood, 1949 (FD25)                                                                                   -     in Aberdeen, 1955 (A17)

Description: Strath Class steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail and mizzen

Crew:  10 men

Registered at Milford: 12 Oct 1942

Built: 1918, by Hall, Russell & Co., Aberdeen.  (Yard no. 642)

Tonnage: 202.53 grt  87.1 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  115.4  / 22.1 / 12.1

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 57 hp. 10 kts. Engine: 1917, by James Abernethy, Aberdeen. Boiler by builders

Owners:   As THOMAS BURNHAM LO446 24 Aug.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London   Nov 1921: Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby Manager: Sir John D. Marsden. 28 Nov 1921: London registry closed.  Dec 1921:  Registered at Grimsby (GY1325). Feb1922: Renamed FLORIBELLE (GY1325). Sep 1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby   Renamed FLORIBELLE GN80 Jun 1928: Archibald G. Brown, Granton.      1932: Alexander W. Gardner, 17 Blanchland Terr., North Shields 1933: Renamed COPIEUX SN157   As COPIEUX A465 Mar 1938: Sold to George Cormack, Aberdeen.   1941: Peter & J. Johnstone, Aberdeen.   As COPIEUX M183 12 Oct 1942: Milford Steam Trawling,  Docks, Milford Manager: James Carpenter Ward, 'Glenowen', Neyland   As COPIEUX A599 29 Sep 1945: River Ness Fishing, 25 Crown St., Aberdeen Manager: George Craig, 43 Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.   Renamed NELLIE MELLING FD25 1949: Mellings Ltd., 7 Fish Trade Buildings, Fleetwood. Manager: W. Melling   Renamed GIRDLENESS A17 1955: Alexander Hay, Aberdeen.

Landed at Milford: 25 Oct 1942 - 12 Aug 1945

Skippers:

Notes: 4 Jun 1957: Stranded near Cantick Head; Longhope lifeboat stood by. 7 Jun 1957: Refloated after jettisoning most of her bunkers. Returned to Aberdeen but declared a constructive total loss.  Aug 1957: Sold  and allocated to G. & W. Brunton, Grangemouth for breaking up. [Information from Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 2 Sep 1945. Transferred to the port of Aberdeen

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