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S.T. Phyllisia FD148




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Technical
Admiralty Number 3839
Official Number 148228
Yard Number 846
Launched October 10 1918
Gross Tonnage324
Net Tonnage 143
Length148 ft
Breadth23.7 ft
Draught12.8 ft
Engine89 hp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
BuiltCochrane & Sons, Selby, 1918
OwnerClifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
History
October 10 1918 Completed by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.846) ("Mersey" class) for The Admiralty as SAMUEL JAMESON.
September 1920Renamed ETTRICK.
1926Sold to Sam Robford & Co Ltd, London.
March 12 1927Renamed LOUGHRIGG (FD148).
February 27 1928Sailed fleetwood for St. Kilda with mails (11 bags). Could not locate island due to dense fog, eventually anchored in Village Bay and islanders came out. Very short of flour and other provisions.
March 08 1928Returned Fleetwood, coaled and took on provisions.
March 09 1928Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda.
1929Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
August 21 1929Renamed PHYLLISIA (FD148).
1930Sold to New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
1938Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
December 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No. Z.144).
October 09 1943Transferred to the Portuguese Navy as B1. Based at Freetown, Sierra Leone.
August 19 1945Returned to the RN. Based at Plymouth (W. Tamlyn Ltd, Plymouth, agents).
June 1946Surveyed and restored at Plymouth.
July 1946Returned.
1946Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA126).
1952Sold for demolition.
Note(Samuel Jameson, OS (prest), age 21, b. King's Lynn, Norfolk - VICTORY (SB439)