S.D/T. Acorn KY194 (Seasonal)
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Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.
Technical
Admiralty Number: 4133
Yard Number: 547
Official Number: 137618
Launched: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen, 1919
History
1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.547) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PAMPERO.
10.1919: Sold to Arthur James Larner, Caister on Sea.
1.11.1919: Completed as EDALBA.
15.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (YH218).
26.11.1919: Sold to Edward A. Baker, Gt. Yarmouth (48/64) & Arthur James Larner, Caister on Sea (16/64). Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
20.5.1922: Sold to E. A. Baker, Gt. Yarmouth.
21.9.1922: Sold to Martin Gardner, H. Gardner, D. Carstairs, Cellardyke & W. Wilson, North Shields. 16.10.1922: Yarmouth registry closed.
10.1922: Registered at Kirkcaldy as ACORN (KY194).
By 1939: Sold to Agnes & Thomas Gardner, Cellardyke.
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service. Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Kircaldy registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as SYLWERUSZ (GDY114).
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
23.5.1949: Sold to R. C. Cook, A. W. Eastoe, R. H. Colby, Lowestoft & J. Odde, East Molsey. Gdynia registry closed.
27.7.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as ACORN (LT31).
7.9.1954: Sold to Percy William Sutton, Gt. Yarmouth.
16.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Co Ltd, Halifax, NS (Paul Stockhammer, London, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS.
23.9.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Canada, calling Stornoway to top up with bunker coal.
13.10.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS in tow of Halifax motor trawler BOSTON SWIFT with depleted bunkers.
1975: Broken up at Halifax, NS.
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S.T. Acorn LT31
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