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S.T. Florence Brierley FD105 off Cape Town


 


  
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Admiralty Number 3741


Yard Number 231


Official Number 143937


Gross Tonnage343


Net Tonnage159


Length138.9 ft


Breadth23.7 ft


Draught12.8 ft


Built byFerguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow, 1918


Engine byT.3-cyl by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow


OwnerThe Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Taylor & Tomlinson, managers)







		

    History
	



		

    March 27 1918
Launched by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow ("Mersey" class) for The Admiralty as JOHN DUNN.


May 25 1918Completed.


February 03 1920
Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO298).


January 1923Sold to Irish Free State Government, Dublin.


January 18 1923London registry closed.


January 1923Registered at Dublin (D12).


1925Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Taylor & Tomlinson, managers).


August 31 1926Registered at Fleetwood (FD105).


August 31 1926Renamed FLORENCE BRIERLEY.


1927Sold to New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd.


January 1940
Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties. (P.No.Z.117). Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).


August 1946Returned.


1947Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town.


September 1947Registered at Cape Town.


January 20 1958Sunk by South African Navy off Robbin Island having been stripped of all useable materials.


Note(John Dunn, Private, Marine,   age 35, b.  Calder, Lanarkshire - VICTORY (ML94))