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S.T. Electra H661


		



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Official Number 118840


Yard Number 58


Launched September 14 1904


Gross Tonnage269


Net Tonnage102


Length130 ft


Breadth22.2 ft


Draught11.6


Engine70NHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


Built atCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1904


OwnerHenry E. Elliott & Sons Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    September 14 1904
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.58) for Francis & Thomas Ross Ltd, Hull as ELECTRA (H661).


November 14 1904Completed.


July 1915Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties.


August 1915Renamed ELECTRA II (Ad.No.1743).


1919Returned.


December 12 1934Sold to Henry E. Elliott & Sons Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.


April 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.4.159).


December 21 1942Sold to Alfred Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.


1944Converted for boom gate duties.


February 1946Returned and laid up in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby.


1946Sold John R. Hepworth & Co (Hull) Ltd, Paull for stripping and demolition. 


November 06 1946Left Grimsby in tow for Paull.