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S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33






  
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Official Number144068


Yard Number686


LaunchedNovember 11 1920


Gross Tonnage333


Net Tonnage140


Length138.8 ft


Breadth23.7 ft


Draught12.9 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


BuiltCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1920


OwnerSun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood








		

    History
	



		

    November 11 1920
Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.686) for Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as RUDYARD KIPLING.


February 1921Completed.  Registered at Hull. (H247).


May 1934Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.


October 16 1936Registered at Fleetwood (FD33).


September 16 1939 Captured by U-boat (U.27) off West Coast of Ireland.  Sunk by explosive charges at 15.53 in position 53.50N  11.10W after crew (Sk. Charles Robinson and twelve crew) ordered onto submarine; towed boat towards Irish coast.


September 17 1939Crew set adrift in early hours, 5 miles off Donegal coast and landed in Killybegs.


September 29 1939Fleetwood registry closed.


NoteFollowing the unfortunate DAVARA, RUDYARD KIPLING was the second British trawler sunk in WW2.