MILFORD BARON M204

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  164434    Port Number and Year:  21st in Grimsby,1937 (GY513)                                                                                 8th in Lowestoft, 1945 (LT87)                                                                                 4th in Milford, 1947                                                                                  -    in Lowestoft, 1950 (LT134)

Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, oil burning. Cruiser stern.

Crew: 8 men

Registered in Milford: 1 Sep 1947

Built: 1937, by by Cochrane & Sons, Selby.  (Yard no. 1190)

Tonnage: 147.39 grt 54.98 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  101.2 / 21.1 / 10.3

Engine: Internal combustion direct acting four-stroke diesel (British 1947).  6-Cyl.  91 nhp. 10 kts.  Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln

Owners:   As BRITISH HONDURAS GY513 Dec 1937: Grimsby Motor Trawlers, Grimsby   Mar 1942: Star Drift Fishing Co., Lowestoft. Manager: F. E. Catchpole. 1945: Renamed PEACEFUL STAR LT87   1 Sep 1947: Milford Steam Trawlers, Docks, Milford Manager: James Carpenter Ward. 25 Nov 1947: Renamed MILFORD BARON   28 Dec 1949: Claridge Trawlers, Lowestoft Manager: Gordon David Claridge, White Cottage, Waterend, Wheathampton, Hereford. 4 Jan 1950: Renamed BRITISH HONDURAS LT134

Landed at Milford: 7 Oct 1947 - 17 Dec 1949

Skippers:

Notes: Dec 1939: Requisitioned as BRITISH HONDURAS for war service and converted for anti-submarine duties (P.No.FY.272).  Jan 1946: Returned to owners.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 4 Jan 1950.  Vessel transferred to the port of Lowestoft.

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