MILFORD BARON M204

 

John Stevenson Collection

(See BRITISH HONDURAS LT134 below.)

Official No:  164434    Port Number and Year:  21st in Grimsby,1937 (GY513)

                                                                                  8th in Lowestoft, 1946 (LT87)

                                                                                  4th in Milford, 1947 (M176 > M204)

                                                                                   -    in Lowestoft, 1950 (LT134)

Description: Steel side trawler; motor schooner, oil burning. Cruiser stern.

Crew: 8 men (1937); 10 men (1948).

Registered in Milford: 1 Sep 1947

Built: 1937, by by Cochrane & Sons, Selby.  (Yard no. 1190)

Tonnage: 147.39 grt 54.98 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  101.25 / 21.15 / 10.35

Engine: Internal combustion direct acting four-stroke diesel (British 1937).  6-Cyl.  91 nhp. 11.5 kts.  Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln

Owners:

 

As BRITISH HONDURAS GY513

2 Dec 1937: Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd., Henderson St., Grimsby.

Manager: John C. Ross, 39 Signhills Ave., Cleethorpes, Lincs.

 

Mar 1942: Star Drift Fishing Co. Ltd., Lowestoft.

Manager: Frederick Ernest Catchpole.

1946: As PEACEFUL STAR LT87

 

1 Sep 1947: Milford Steam Trawlers Ltd., The Docks, Milford.

Manager: James Carpenter Ward.

As M176.

25 Nov 1947: As MILFORD BARON M204.

 

28 Dec 1949: Claridge Trawlers Ltd., Lowestoft.

Manager: Gordon David Claridge, Waterend, Wheathamptstead, Hertfordshire.

4 Jan 1950: As BRITISH HONDURAS LT134

 

Landed at Milford: 7 Oct 1947 - 17 Dec 1949

Skippers:

Notes: 

1 Dec 1939: Requisitioned as BRITISH HONDURAS for war service and converted for anti-submarine duties (P.No.FY.272).

Jan 1942: With 35th Anti-Submarine Group at Larne.

24 Jan 1946: Returned to owners.

1968: Sold to Queenborough Shipbreaking Co. Ltd. and broken up at at Sheerness.  Lowestoft registry closed.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 4 Jan 1950.  Vessel transferred to the port of Lowestoft.

[ Mayes G. & Thomas M. (2014): Cochrane Shipbuilders Vol.2: 1915 - 1939. ]

As BRITISH HONDURAS LT134

Thanks to Trawler Photos.

 

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