| June 13 1919 |
Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.352) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE COUSINS. |
| August 18 1919 | Completed as a fishing vessel. |
| 1919 | Sold to Harry Blackburn, Fleetwood. |
| August 27 1919 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD343).
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| 1920 | Sold to Selby Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harry Blackburn, manager). |
| April 09 1926 | In collision with Knott End ferry which managed to return to ferry dock and sank. |
| July 07 1928 | At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Thomas William Kirkby admitted a charge of illegal fishing in the Firth of Clyde and was fined £100 with forfeiture of net and £5 for not showing the fishing signal. |
| 193? | Managers became Kelsall & Blackburn. |
| 1935 | Sold to Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager). |
| October 08 1935 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
| October 1935 | Registered at London (LO66). |
| February 13 1937 | Sank the Fleetwood trawler OCTAVIA (H274) in collision off Maughold Head, Isle of Man; crew rescued. |
| August 31 1939 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.627). |
| July 1945 | Reclassed at Port Glasgow and returned. |
| February 1946 | Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (R. Lewis, manager). |
| August 13 1948 | Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12500. Registered at Fleetwood (FD281). |
| April 05 1951 | Sold to Harrow-Baxter Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen for £7700. Registered at Aberdeen (A681). |
| March 24 1955 | On a trip to Faroe fishing grounds. Put into Klaksvig, Faroe to carry out repairs on starboard gallows and burst steam heater pipe. |
| March 26 1955 | Sailed Klaksvig for fishing grounds but could not maintain vacuum in condenser due to holes in the air pump. Returned to Klaksvig. |
| March 29 1955 | After patching, sailed for Aberdeen as permanent repair could not be undertaken. |
| March 31 1955 | Experienced problems with boiler and feed pumps being stopped for several hours. |
| April 01 1955 | At 3.00 a.m. stopped engine to adjust patch to prevent condensate loss. At 9.45 a.m when 25 miles NW by N of Ronaldsay suffered boiler explosion. Subsequently taken in tow by VIKING MONARCH (A25). |
| April 02 1955 | Delivered Aberdeen at about 10.00 p.m. |
| 1955 | No repairs effected. Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for demolition. |
| August 07 1955 | Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under tow. |
| January 21 1956 | At the Preliminary Inquiry (No.3385) held in Aberdeen by the Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation, the assessors found that heavy build up of salt deposits within the boiler due to failure to follow port routine and no serious attempt to test boiler water density had resulted in the explosion. No one was injured. |
| Note | (George Cousins, Landsman, age 20, b. Mort, North Devon - ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB653?)) |
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