MANOR M238
Official No: 132414 Port Number and Year: - in Fleetwood, 1913 (FD174)
- in La Rochelle, 1924
10th in Milford, 1929
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail.
Crew: 10 men
Registered at Milford: 21 Feb 1928
Built: 1913, by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen. (Yard no. 384)
Tonnage: 313.57 grt 125.13 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 130.05 / 23.65 / 14.8
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 69.1 nhp.; engine and boiler by James Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen
Owners:
As MANOR FD174
1913: Clifton Steam Trawlers, Fish Docks, Fleetwood
Managers: Taylor & Thompson
Renamed VERDUNOIS
1924: H. Veron & Cie., 21 Rue Massiou, La Rochelle, France
Renamed MANOR M238
21 Feb1938: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, Docks, Milford
Manager Owner
13 Sep 1938: Hancock's Ship Building Co., Pembroke Dock
Manager: R. L. Hancock
21 Apr 1939: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, 'Beachways', Picton Rd., Hakin
Frederick Lovell Hancock
Alan Hancock, Trevose
Wilfred Lovell Hancock, 20 Great North Rd., Milford
Manager: R. L. Hancock
1 May 1942: J. Bennett (Wholesale), 'Neptune House', Great Turner St., Lowestoft.
Landed at Milford: 20 Jan 1938 - 29 Aug 1939
Skippers:
Notes: Aug 1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Admy. no. 299)
1919: Returned to owners.
Aug 1939: Requisitioned for anti-submarine operations.
9 Jul 1942: Torpedoed by German E-boat whilst escorting Convoy WP183 in the Channel. One survivor, picked up by RUBY
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 8 Oct 1943
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