LIZZIE WEST M22

As LT459

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  127400     Port Number and Year: 8th in Banff, 1930 (BF213)                                                                                 3rd in Milford, 1945                                                                                    -  in Lowestoft, 1946 (LT495)

Description: Wood drifter; steam screw, coal burning. Nets and lines. Ketch rigged: mainsail, mizzen and jib

Crew:  8 men

Registered at Milford: 11 Jun 1945

Built: 1930 by Herd & McKenzie, Buckie.

Tonnage: 103.01 grt  43.65 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  90.6  / 20.05 / 10.1

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 34 nhp.10 kts.; engine and boiler by J. Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen

Owners:   As LIZZIE WEST BF213 19 Jun 1930: Frank West, 55 Denside, Gardenstown, Banff. Managing owner.   As M22 11 Jun 1945: Westholme Fishing Co. Ltd., The Docks, Milford Manager: R. L. Hancock.   As LT495 21 Jun 1946: George Mitchell,  Lowestoft. 1950: Harold Mitchell & John G. Mitchell, Lowestoft. [ Olsen's 1951. ]   By 1960: C.V. Eastick Ltd., Gorleston-on-Sea, Suffolk. [ Olsen's 1961. ]

Landed at Milford: 20 Sep 1945 - 29 Apr 1946

Skippers:

Notes:  15 Nov 1936: Lizzie West, with a disabled rudder, towed into Lowestoft harbour by the steam drifter Buckler. [The Times, Monday, 16th Nov 1936] 30 Aug 1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, as auxiliary patrol vessel / harbour service. 30 Sep 1945: Returned to owners. [ Lenton H.T. (1998); British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. ] (But see Milford landings.) 1960s: Laid up. 1968: Broken up at Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 21 Jun 1946.  Transferred to the port of Lowestoft.

 

 

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