DOMINICK DUBINE  M140

Official No:  143941    Port Number and Year: 713th in London, 1920 (LO362)

                                                                                  12th in Milford, 1920

                                                                                     -    in Fleetwood, 1922 (FD402)

                                                                                     -    in La Rochelle, 1925

                                                                                     -    in Ostende, 1929 (O ?)

                                                                                     -    in Dieppe, 1933 (DI ?)

Description: Castle Class steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail,  mizzen.

Crew:  11 men (1930: 12 men)

Registered at Milford: 25 Aug 1920

Built: 1918; by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields, for the Admiralty.  (Yard no. 307)

Tonnage: 277.13 grt  108.18 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  125.3  / 23.4 / 12.65

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 60.7 nhp.10 kts. 

Owners:


4 May 1920: Edgar Garnham, 22 Canterbury Rd., Brynmill, Swansea.

 

26 May 1920: As DOMINICK DUBINE LO362

19 Aug 1920: London registry closed.

 

Aug 1920: Morgan Watkin  Howell, 29 Hamilton Tce., Milford.

John McRae Knight, 'Craigland', Wellington Rd., Hakin, Milford.

25 Aug 1920: DOMINICK DUBINE M140.

 

26 Jan 1922:  The Casewell Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Derby Chambers, Wyre Dock, Fleetwood.

Manager: Jules H. Nierinck. (Same address.)

4 Mar 1922: As FD402

 

21 Oct 1924: George Jackson Ward, "The Poplars", Stanley Rd., Lytham.

Manager: W. Morley, 1 Preston St., Fleetwood. 

26 Oct 1924: As EMILDOR FD402.

 

22 Apr 1925: George M. Robertson, Fleetwood.

 

Jul 1925:  Soc. Anon., Pêcheries Rochelaises de Chalutage à Vapeur, La Rochelle. 

12 Aug 1925: Fleetwood Registery closed. As GERMAINE et MARIE.

 

As THÉRÈSE O. ?

1929: Pecheries Nationales Belges Soc. Anon., Ostende.

 

As FRUCTIDOR DI. ?

1933: Soc. Anon. d'Armement Mallet, Dieppe.

 

Landed at Milford: 10 May 1920  - no other landings; may have landed in Swansea.

Skippers:

Notes: 

Dominick Dubine, age 30, born Italy; O.S., HMS VICTORY, Trafalgar.

15 May 1918: Delivered to Admiralty; 1x12pdr, 1x3.5" bomb thrower (A/S howitzer). Admy. no. 3726.

1939: Served in WW2 as FRUCTIDOR, an auxiliary minesweeper  (P.No.AD.52). Based Le Havre with M/S Section 32 (Lieut de Vaisseau Bernard).

15 Jul 1940: Based in Casablanca with M/S Section 32 attached to Marine Morocco (Vichy French).

24 Oct 1940: Vichy Navy supported the Axis powers.

8-11 Nov 1942: Algiers, Oran and Casablanca occupied by US Forces.
17 Dec 1942: Joined the Free French Navy.

25 Jan 1944: Allocated P.No.W4.
6 Mar 1944: At Oran in readiness to support US Army withdrawal.
1946: Returned.

1952: Broken up at Dieppe.   

[Information from Gilbert Mayes.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 25 Feb 1922

 

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