| June 12 1930 |
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.547) for Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as VINUR. Originally ordered by Little & Olgereirsson Ltd, Grimsby. |
| July 12 1930 | Registered at Grimsby (GY249). |
| July 16 1930 | Completed. |
| April 1936 | Renamed British (GY249). |
| August 27 1939 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.506). |
| January 30 1942 | Based Lowestoft. Returning from 'sweeping off Norfolk coast with six other minesweeping trawlers engaged German aircraft which subsequently crashed into the sea (Lieut. I. Evans RNR |
| 1942 | Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager). |
| January 10 1946 | Returned. |
| Pre 1949 | John Bennett appointed manager. |
| August 31 1953 | Sailed Grimsby for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Albert W. Meech). |
| September 08 1953 | Arrested off Glettinganes Cape, Iceland for alleged illegal fishing and escorted to Seydisfjordur. |
| September 10 1953 | At police court in Seydisfjordur, Sk. Meech was fined £1620 with catch and gear confiscated. |
| July 1954 | Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers). |
| October 1954 | Renamed Wyre British (FD24). |
| 1954 | Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group. |
| October 1957 | Sold to Van Heygen Freres S.A., Ghent for demolition. |
| October 19 1957 | Delivered Ghent from Fleetwood under own power. |
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