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S.T. Urka FD289


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Urka


		
Technical
Official Number 139218
Yard Number 174
Admiralty Number 3328
Launched 1916
Registered March 02 1917
Gross Tonnage249
Length123.2 ft
Engine82 hp
Armament1 x 12 pdr
Built byGoole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
OwnerClifton Steam Trawlers Ltd
History
1916 Launched as URKA for Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd. (Taylor & Tomlinson Ltd, managers).
March 02 1917 Registered at Fleetwood.
March 1917Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper.
1919Returned to owners.
1924Managers became New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd.
Post 1950Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William Newton, manager).
1953M. A. Munby became manager.
January 21 1959Owners re-styled Sun Trawlers, Fleetwood.
1960Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for demolition.
August 09 1960Delivered to Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.