UNITY M242

Official No:   109313               Port Number and Year:  8th in Brixham, 1899 (BM75)                                                                                            9th in Milford, 1921

Description: Wooden sailing smack; carvel built. Trawling.  Ketch rigged.

Crew: 3 men, 1 boy

Registered: 19 Nov 1921

Built: W. A. Gibbs & Co., Galmpton, 1899

Tonnage: 47.44 grt  10.37 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 68.95 / 18.2 / 8.95

Engine: Internal combustion engine; 52 nhp. (Fitted 1921)

Owners:   1902: George Bath Johnson, Kiliney, Brixham   25 Sep 1906: R. E. White, Milford   29 Jun 1920: Christopher Walter Cobb, 'Rostherne', Priory Rd., Milford

Landed at Milford: As BM75: 15 Jan - 29 Oct 1915; 3 Apr 1919 As M242: 9 Jul 1921 - 6 Jul 1922

Skippers: William Richard Summers 6697; William J. Penny 5630.

Notes: 23 May 1922: Caught fire and foundered.  [see story below.]

Cert. Cancelled & Registry Closed: 12 Sep 1922

Accidents and Incidents:

 

From the Pembrokeshire Telegraph of Wednesday 24th May 1922:

 

    The fishing trawler Unity of Milford Haven caught fire yesterday afternoon between Clovelly and Abbotsham cliffs.  The crew of four left the trawler in their small boat and were picked up by an Appledore motor boat.

 

 

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