SEA LORD H71
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 183399 Port and Year: Hull, 1948?
Description: Wooden side trawler; motor.
Crew:
Built: Argentin, Fecamp in 1947 (Yard no.-)
Tonnage: 227 grt 119 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 107 / - / -
Engine: Oil; 2 SA 5 Cyl; 500 hp = 9.5 kts; Cie. de Cost. Mec., St. Denis.
Owners:
As GEORGES LANGANAY
1947: French owners, Fecamp.
Renamed SEA LORD H71
26 Nov 1948: A. J. Tilbrook (Trawlers), Docks, Milford
[Not under this name or port number in Olsen's 1954.]
1966?: Jens C. Gunderson, Kristiansund, Norway.
Landed at Milford: 7 Nov 1949 - 2 Jan 1952
Skippers: Charles Watts
Notes: Sep 1948: As GEORGES LANGANAY, went aground on Haisbro Sands; assisted into Yarmouth by the Cromer lifeboat HENRY BLOGG.
Accidents and Incidents
From the Pembrokeshire Telegraph of Wednesday 13th April 1949:
News of another arrival in the near future also comes this week, for Messrs Tillbrook have purchased the Sea Lord, a smaller class diesel powered trawler, which had only done a few trips. She is due at Milford shortly.
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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 11th January 1952:
The fleet of trawlers owned by Messrs. Tilbrook Trawlers Limited and A. J. Tilbrook have suspended operations, and we understand their management has now been taken over by Messrs. Peter Hancock and Sons, Limited.
The vessels concerned are the steam trawlers Sea Hunter and Dagon, and the two diesel engined trawlers Sea Lord and Sea Monarch. Upon enquiry the Managing Director, Mr. R. L. Hancock, stated that he could give no further information.
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