HAWTHORNBANK LT237 / M237 / M82
JACKETA LT237
Courtesy of Barry Banham
Official No: 144996 Port Number and Year: - in Granton, 1920 (GN67)
- in Dieppe, c.1923 (D896)
6th in Milford, 1937 (M237)
5th in Berwick, 1937 (BK163)
9th in Milford, 1945 (M82)
- in Lowestoft, 1946 (LT237)
Description: Admiralty steel drifter / side trawler, steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: (M237) 24 Aug 1937; (M82) 28 Dec 1945.
Built: 1918 by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, for the Admiralty. (Yard no. 551)
Tonnage: 96.27 grt 41 net. (By 1937: 35.55 net.)
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 86.2 / 18.5 / 9.2
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 42 nhp. 9 kts. Engine and boiler by builders.
Owners:
As HAWTHORNBANK GN67
Jun 1920: David Stevenson, 21 Hawthornbank Tce., Leith.
Managing owner.
As JEHAN ANGON D896
1923: Soc. Anon. de Pecheries & Armaments de Dieppe.
As HAWTHORNBANK M237
24 Aug 1937: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, 'Beachways', Picton Rd., Hakin.
Managing owner.
1 Oct 1937: Alexander Collin, Beach Ave., Eyemouth, Co. Berwick (32/64)
Managing owner: James Jamieson, 14 St. Ebba Rd., Eyemouth, Co. Berwick (32/64)
11 Oct 1937: As BK163.
As M82:
28 Dec 1945: Prescelly Dredging Co. Ltd., 26 Hamilton Tce., Milford
Manager: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, The Docks, Milford.
As HAWTHORNBANK LT237
16 Jul 1946: Arthur Claude Mitchell, "Stradbroke Lodge", The Rath, Milford.
Managing owner.
1951: As JACKETA LT237
Landed at Milford: (HAWTHORNBANK M82) 12 Jul 1946.
(HAWTHORNBANK LT237) 20 Mar - 25 Apr 1949; 15 May - 7 Jul 1950.
(JACKETA LT237) 5 Jan - 21 Apr 1954; 11 Jan - 15 Apr 1955; 10 Jan - 25 Apr 1956.
Skippers:
Notes:
6 Aug 1918: Launched as FAIR WIND for the Admiralty (Admy. no. 3974); 1x6pdr AA.
11 May 1919: As ATTENTIVE II (Dover Shore Base.)
21 Jun 1920: Transferred to Fishery Board, Scotland, as HAWTHORNBANK for disposal to mercantile.
5 Feb 1940 - Oct 1945: Hired by Admiralty as boom defence vessel.
1956: Broken up.
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed:
M237: 11 Oct 1937. Transferred to the port of Berwick.
M82: 16 Jul 1946. Transferred to the port of Lowestoft.
[Thanks to Andy Hall for information.]
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