CHARDE R90

 

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  137714     Port Number and Year: 5th in Ramsgate,  1919  (R90)

Description: Admiralty wood drifter; steam screw; lining and trawling.

Crew: 9

Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft, 1919.

Tonnage: 99 grt   42 net;

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 87.8 (94.5 oa) / 19.8 / 9.8

Engine: 43 hp = 9 kts.

Owners:

 

As HURRICANE  R90

13 Nov 1919: Thomas Rigden, "Rhodesia", Canterbury Road, Whitstable, Kent.

 

1920: East Kent Trawlers Ltd., 22 Military Rd., Ramsgate. (1920-24)

           Kent Trawlers Ltd., 22 Military Rd., Ramsgate. (1924-27)

Manager: Henry Goodbourn, 31 Spencer Sq., Ramsgate. (1920-24)

                                               41 Grove Rd., Ramsgate. (1924-27)

 

18 Feb 1927: Char Steam Trawling Co., Cottage Rd., Ramsgate.

Manager: Alfred H. Landfear (jnr.), 39 Grove Rd., Ramsgate.

As CHARDE R90

Manager: H. E. Rees, Docks, Milford. (1927-39)

 

[Thanks to Douglas Paterson for information via www.fishingboatheritage.com.]

Landed at Milford: 27 Feb 1927 - 30 Nov 1939

Skippers:

Notes: 5 Apr 1919: Launched as Admiralty wooden drifter HURRICANE (Admy.No. 3984), and sold to mercantile in the same year, with the same name.

Nov 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as CHARDE, and converted to a minesweeper.

21 Jun 1940: Sunk in collision at Portsmouth.

            

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