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S.T. Springwell FD297



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes



 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
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Official Number139219


Yard Number173


Launched1917


Gross Tonnage286


Net Tonnage113


Length130.3 ft


Breadth22.7 ft


Draught12 ft


Engine80 hp T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow


BuiltGoole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Goole, 1917


OwnerSun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




1917Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.173) for The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as SPRINGWELL.



May 18 1917Registered at Fleetwood (FD297).


May 1917Completed.  Requisitioned by  The Admiralty from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (Ad.No.3341) and later used as a convoy escort. 
 

 
1919Returned (J. W. Armitage, manager).
 


1927Recorded the port's biggest single trip landing (1127 x 10 st boxes)

1928 (991 x 10 st boxes)

1929 (978 x 10 st boxes)

1933 (982 x 10 st boxes).


January 21 1959Owners re-styled Sun Trawlers, Fleetwood.



1959Sold to Michael A. Munby, Fleetwood (Sun Trawlers, managers).


1960Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for demolition.


August 30 1960Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.


NotesSpringwell was the only Fleetwood trawler to regularly fish the Faroes throughout the 1950s.