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S.T. General Birdwood H121





  
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Admiralty Number 4250


Official Number 144023


Yard Number 893


Launched May 01 1919


Gross Tonnage327


Net Tonnage 129


Length138.3 ft


Breadth23.7 ft


Draught12.7 ft


Engine85 RHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


Speed10.5 knots


Built byCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1919


OwnerBasil A. Parkes, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

		May 01 1919
Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.893) ("Mersey" class) for The Admiralty as JAMES MCLAUGHLIN.


November 07 1919Completed as a fishing vessel for Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.


1920Renamed  GENERAL BIRDWOOD (H121).


1928Fish carrier for halibut fishery in the Davis Strait, Greenland.


November 24 1933Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Fleetwood.


August 1939Sold to The Admiralty (£6,000) and converted for minesweeping duties (FY724).


August 1939Hull registry closed.


March 1944Converted to a smoke making (Esso) trawler and assigned to Operation Neptune - Normandy landings.


June 11 1944Sailed Solent for Mulberry B with Group A1 as part of Convoy ETC6.  Employed smoke making.


July 03 1944Operation Neptune ended.


May 1946Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea.  Renamed WOODESSE (SA23).


June 28 1949Sold to John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow (Richard Allan, manager).  Registered at Glasgow (GW6). Fishing from Granton.


1955Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for demolition.


May 1955Delivered Granton.


Note(James McLaughlin, Landsman (volunteer),  age 26, b. Co. Roscommon, Ireland - VICTORY (SB157))