Official No:  116071   Port and Year:  Hull, 1902 (H550)

Description: Steel side trawler; single screw, coal burning.  Crabber. Wheelhouse aft. Ketch rigged.

Crew:  9 men (1902).

Built: 1902. Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley.  (Yard no. 312)

Tonnage:  172 grt  63 net (1902); 67 net (1 Jan 1914).

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 108.4  / 21.3 / 11.2

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 45 rhp.  Amos & Smith, Hull.

Owners:   As H550 23 Jun 1902: Hull  Steam Fishing & Ice Co., St. Andrew's Dock, Hull. Manager: Joseph Vivian, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull.                 Robert Burton, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull. (1928)   19 Nov 1930: Colin H. Brand, Docks, Milford. Managing owner.   13 Nov 1939: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co., 238 Dock St., Fleetwood. Manager: Basil A. Parkes, Parkroyd, Linksgate, Thornton-le-Fylde, Lancs.   22 May 1941: Cairo Fishing Co., Docks, Milford. Manager: J. C. Llewellin.   12 Mar 1945: Milford Fisheries, Docks, Milford. Manager: O. W. Limbrick.   As LT154 1945: George Mitchell, Lowestoft.

Landed at Milford: 26 Jan 1922 - 31 Jan 1923;   4 Jan 1931 - 25 Nov 1938

Skippers:

Notes:  16 Dec 1919: Bosun Richard Smith wilfully damaged the winch while at sea; fined £25 6s. and imprisoned for six weeks. [The Times, Tuesday 20 Dec 1910.] Oct 1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty (No. 635), 1x6 pdr; and converted to base ship for minesweepers. 1916: Converted to minesweeper, based at Stromness.   12 Mar 1919: Returned to Hull owners. 25 Nov 1938: Laid up. 18 Nov 1959: Broken up at Grays. [Information supplied by the Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and the Bosun's Watch website.]