WESTHILL  M138

Official No: 160093       Port Number and Year:    2nd in Hull, 1928, (H373)                                                                                    5th in Milford, 1946                                                                                      -  in Hull, 1947 (H470)

Description:  Steel side trawler; steam, single screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: mizzen

Crew: 12 men

Registered at Milford: 31 May 1946

Built: 1928, by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley. (Yard no. 490)

Tonnage: 359.6 gross  140.12 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  140.4  / 24 / 13.2

Engine: T-3Cyl; 96 nhp, 11 kts.  C.D. Holmes

Owners:   As ST. ALEXANDRA H373 1928: Thomas Hamling & Co., St. Andrew's Dock, Hull   Renamed LARCH 11 Mar 1939: Admiralty.   Renamed WESTHILL M138 31 May 1946: Westholme Fishing Co., Docks, Milford Manager: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, 'Beachways', Picton Rd., Hakin   As WESTHILL H470 5 Nov 1947: John Charles Llewellin (Trawlers), Docks, Milford Managers: St Andrews Steam Fishing Co., Hull   15 Sep 1950: J. Marr & Sons, Hull   Later?: North Eastern Trawlers, 74a Regent St., London W1  [According to Olsen's 1950 and 1951.]

Landed at Milford: 4 Jul 1946 - 31 Oct 1947

Skippers: Cecil Coombs

Notes:  11 Mar 1939: Purchased into the RN, renamed LARCH, and converted to a minesweeper.  Served throughout war in home waters. 1946: Sold to mercantile. Oct 1952: Broken up at Sunderland.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 5 Nov 1947.  Vessel transferred to the port of Hull

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