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S.T. Northlyn FD90


 	  	 
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Picture by John Clarkson


Northlyn


		
Technical
Admiralty Number4256
Official Number144393
Yard Number899
LaunchedJune 28 1919
Gross Tonnage324
Net Tonnage324
Length138.3 ft
Breadth23.7 ft
Draught12.7 ft
Engine87 hp
BuiltCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1919
OwnerCygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood
History
June 28 1919 Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.899) ("Mersey" class) for The Admiralty as ROBERT MURRAY.
February 23 1920Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO337).
February 26 1920Completed.
March 05 1920Delivered.
March 28 1923Sold to Commissioners of Public Works in Saorstat Eireann, Dublin, Irish Free State.
January 26 1926Sold to George L. Young & Richard M. Fleming, Culdaff, Co. Donegal.
May 1926Sold to Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
February 11 1926Registered at Fleetwood (FD90).
April 19 1927Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda with a survey party, mails and provisions.
1929Fleetwood top trawler (558 tons).
1935Fleetwood top trawler (576 tons).
April 14 1938Sold to Thomas Cardwell & Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood (R. W. Mason, manager).
May 26 1938Renamed NORTHLYN (FD90).
June 27 1939Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Robert H. Bagshaw, manager).
October 07 2939Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No.Z.103).
November 18 1943Sold to The Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Richard Neave, manager).
May 23 1944Assigned to Operation Neptune - Normandy landings.
July 07 1944Operation Neptune ended. Based at Portsmouth (Fraser & White Ltd, Portsmouth, agents).
June 1946Returned.
January 04 1955Sold to Saint Andrew's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
April 21 1955Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for demolition.
April 21 1955Delivered to Bruges.
Note(Robert Murray. OS (volunteer), age 24, b. London - VICTORY (SB288))