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Lord Middleton


		
Technical
Official Number164923
Yard Number1155
LaunchedMarch 24 1936
Gross Tonnage 464
Net Tonnage181
Length161.3 ft
Breadth26.6 ft
Draught14.1 ft
EngineT.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
BuiltCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1936
OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
History
March 24 1936Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1155) for Pickering & Haldane's Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MIDDLETON.
May 1936Completed. Registered at Hull (H282).
August 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for anti-submarine duties (P.No. FY.219).
April 1942Murmansk convoys PQ14 to PQ17 inclusive.
1944Assigned to Operation Neptune - Normandy landings.
May 23 1944Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
July 03 1944Operation Neptune ended.
1944Owners re-styled Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
March 1946Returned.
December 1947Converted for burning oil fuel F.P. above 150° F.
1950Owners re-styled Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager). 1953: Owners reverted to Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
August 24 1952Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. (Leslie Wheildon, manager).
November 14 1962On Icelandic grounds arrested for alleged illegal fishing and escorted to Isafjördhur (with HMS RUSSELL in company).
1964 Registered at Fleetwood (FD67).
May 1964Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for demolition.
May 14 1964Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.