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Collena
Technical
Official Number136904
Yard number652
LaunchedFebruary 15 1916
Gross Tonnage293
Net Tonnage116
Length133.6 ft
Breadth23.6 ft
Draught10.7 ft
EngineT.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull, boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built atCochrane & Sons, Selby, 1915
OwnerJ Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood
History
February 15 1916 Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.652) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as COLLENA.
April 24 1915Registered at Fleetwood (FD115).
April 1915Completed.
May 1915Requisitioned from the builders for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.1585).
1919Returned.
1922Top port landings (537.8 tons).
October 10 1929John Edward Fearnley, Bosun, lost overboard and drowned.
1930Top port landings (500.3 tons).
January 31 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No.Z.151).
1942Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
November 23 1943Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1943Fleetwood registry closed.
July 1946Sold to Swansea Trawlers Ltd, Mumbles, Swansea (K. H. Reynolds DFC, manager).
1947Renamed SWANSEA BAY (SA37).
July 1949Sold to Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Richards, manager).
February 1949Swansea registry closed.
March 03 1949Registered at Milford (M23).
1950Renamed HOMELEIGH (M23).
1952Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd in liquidation.
1952Sold to Ribble Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
1953Laid up in Fleetwood.
July 1953Sold to Hermann Westenborg, Milford Haven
October 05 1953Sold to Westward Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Edgar E. Carter, manager). Renamed RUDILAIS (M23).
1960Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for demolition.
June 22 1960Delivered Passage West.
August 10 1960Milford registry closed, demolition completed.