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S.T. Fotherby FD262



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes






  
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Official Number142872


Official Number953


LaunchedJuly 06 1933


Gross Tonnage397


Net Tonnage148


Length155 ft


Breadth26.4 ft


Draught12.2 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough


Built atSmith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1933


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    July 06 1933
Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.953) for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager) as ASTON VILLA.


August 1933Completed at a cost of £19736.  Registered at Grimsby (GY508).


August 1936Sold to The Admiralty and converted to depot ship for Coastal Forces. Renamed HMS MASCOT and later HMS VULCAN.


November 1947Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager). Reclassed at Fleetwood and renamed FOTHERBY (FD262).


1950Transferred to Grimsby.


February 08 1951Sold to Ezra Fishing Co Ltd, Haifa, Israel.  Renamed MIRIAM.


1953Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce)(P. P. D. "Dalmor", managers).   Renamed POLLUX.


1969Sold for demolition.