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S.T. Lord Wavell FD98


		
Information courtesy of Gil Mayes

		

		

 

 	
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Picture courtesy of Peter Brady

  		



  

  		


  

  		Lord Wavell
  		
  




  








		

		


    Technical
	

	




Official Number181346


Yard Number1336


Launched1948


Gross Tonnage636


Net Tonnage245


Length177.9 ft


Breadth30.7 ft


Draught15.1 ft


BuiltCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1948


EngineT.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	





September 1948 Completed by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1336) for Lord Line Ltd, Hull as LORD WAVELL (H578).


December 1949Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F


1950Owners re-styled Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).


April 1963Transferred to Grimsby


April 1963Hull registry closed.


April 1963Registered at Grimsby (GY97).


1953Owners reverted to Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).


1966Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Northern Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.


April 1967Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Leslie Wheildon, manager).


May 1967Grimsby registry closed.


June 1967Registered at Fleetwood (FD98).


1967Sold to L. E. Adams, Plymouth (Ocean Marine Salvage Co, Plymouth) for conversion to a diving and salvage vessel.


1968Arrested by Admiralty Marshall at Falmouth.


February 1970Sold at auction to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for demolition.


March 29 1970Delivered Passage West from Falmouth in tow.