HOOD LO160

Official No:  143791     Port and Year:  London, 1919 (LO160)                                                                  Aberdeen, 1930? (A11)

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

Crew: 12 men

Built: by Hawthorns & Co., Leith, in 1918.  (Yard no. 156)

Tonnage:   203 grt  78 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 115.4 / 22.2 / 12.1

Engine: T 3-Cyl; 57 rhp; by builders

Owners:   1919: Sold by the Admiralty as GEORGE HODGES LO160   Renamed HOOD 1919: Vanessa Fishing Co., Docks, Milford Manager: Edward D. W. Lawford, 'Oakland Cottage', Hakin.   As A11 c.1934: Messrs. John Craig, James Craig, Joseph Craig, William Craig, and Alexander Slate, Aberdeen

Landed at Milford: 25 Jan 1920 - 13 Dec 1928; 22 Jun - 1 Sep 1932.

Skippers:

Notes: Jun 1918: Delivered to the Admiralty as GEORGE HODGES (Admy. no. 3820). 1 x 12 pdr Jan 1929 - Jun 1932: Laid up? 12 Aug 1938: Wrecked Brotherton Point, near Johnshaven.  http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/14126.asp

Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 16th September 1932:

 

    MILFORD SESSIONS

Six Cases of Drunkenness

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TROUBLE ON WAY TO LOCK UP

    John Rogers, of the s.t. Hood, an engineer, made up the batch of six for this class of offence.

    Dock P.C. John spoke to seeing the defendant falling down on the Hakin side of the Docks.  He was found to be very drunk when lifted up, and when taken into custody became very disorderly.  Witness had to get assistance to lock him up.

    Fined 7s. 6d.

 

   

 

 

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