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S.T. Marsona FD21






  
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    Technical
	

	




Admiralty Number3715


Official Number 143827


Launched January 14 1918


Gross Tonnage276


Net Tonnage106


Length125.6 ft


Breadth23.5 ft


Draught13.5 ft


Engine87hp T.3-cyl by  Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne


PennantFY714


Armament1 x 12 pdr


Built byJ. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields, 1918


OwnerJ. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    January 14 1918
Launched by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.306) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as JAMES CHRISTOPHER.


March 27 1918Completed.


December 30 1919Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO248).


1920Sold to Skomer Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cardiff.


March 31 1920In collision with NILE (M186) while manoeuvring in dock.


April 16 1923Sold to Brand & Curzon Ltd,  Milford Haven.


February 1929Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.


February 1929London registry closed.


February 26 1929Registered at Fleetwood (FD21).


May 28 1929Renamed Marsona (FD21).


October 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.714).


August 04 1940Mined off Cromarty with the loss of five crew members 


Note(James (aka John) Cristopher, AB,  age 24, b.  Waterford, Co. Waterford - VICTORY (SB898))







The lost crewmen






    
Alfred Daniel Ellis

    
Skipper

    
Cleethorpes

	




    
? Fletcher

    
2nd Lieutenant

    

	




    
William Dean

    
Seaman

    
London

	




    
Thomas Leonard Thompson

    
Ordinary Seaman

    
Isle of Man





    
Fred Malliband

    
Chief Engineman

    
Cleethorpes





    
Thomas Buchan Cordiner

    
Engineman

    
Anglesey





    
John Ferguson Ritchie

    
Seaman

    
Unknown