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S.T. Essex M193


		



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Official Number121607


Yard number790


LaunchedMarch 08 1906


Gross Tonnage220


Net Tonnage105


Length120.7 ft


Breadth21.6 ft


Draught11.3 ft


Built atSmith's Dock Co. Ltd, North Shields, 1906


EngineT.3-cyl byW. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow


OwnerW. Wolfe. Milford Haven







		

    History
	



		

    March 08 1906
	Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.790) for Messrs Sellick, Morley & Price, Milford Haven as ESSEX.


April 1906Completed.  Registered at Milford (M193).


1906Sold to W. Wolfe. Milford Haven.


December 29 1907
Coming up Haven ran down Guernsey schooner CAMELIA; master drowned, crew recovered (Sk. George Burns).


November 1912Transferred to Fleetwood.


December 12 1912Anchored in Culmore Bay, Co Londonderry to repair steam joints.  Tested engine and sheered and grounded.  Refloated on the flood and proceeded to Londonderry for further repair (Sk. P. Leary).


March 04 1913In Ramsey Bay deckhand T. F. Chard (18) of Fleetwood, damaged thumb in WC door (Sk. William Rayworth).


August 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.142).


February 1915Renamed Essex II.


1919Returned and reverted to Essex (M193).


1919Sold to Essex Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (C. C. Morley, manager).


1924Company in liquidation.


1925Sold to A. S. de Parasulo, Spain (no port of registry recorded).


January 17 1925Milford registry closed.


Post 1930(No port of registry recorded). Disposal unknown.