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S.T. Chorley FD26





  
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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 136891


Yard Number 567


Launched May 12 1914


Gross Tonnage284


Net Tonnage 112


Length128.8 ft


Breadth23.5 ft


Draught12.8 ft


85 rhp engineSmith's Dock Co Ltd,  South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough


Speed10.5 knots


Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesborough, 1914


OwnerStaretta Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

		May 12 1914
Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.567) for Staretta Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CERESIA.


June 1914Completed.


June 23 1914Registered at Fleetwood (FD26).


November 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.194).


September 16 1919Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD26).


1919Returned


1921Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, managers).


September 27 1921Renamed CHORLEY (FD26).


Pre 1927Sold to Palatine Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, managers).


May 17 1930On grounds off St. Kilda, abandoned fishing due to weather.  Passing island observed  signals and islanders rowed out to ask to relay a message for assistance as a 23-year-old girl, Mary Gillies, was seriously ill.  Trawler asked to go to Leverburgh, South Uist to pick up doctor.


May 18 1930Arrived off St. Kilda but conditions in Village Bay very rough.  At about 10.00 a.m. doctor transferred to shore. Storm bound.


May 19 1930Mary Gillies too ill to be moved.  Doctor embarked and returned to Leverburgh.


May 22 1930Returned to Fleetwood.


1936Sold to Ora Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Sydney Leech, manager).


January 25 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No. Z.153). 


April 25 1942Foundered off Start Point.