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S.T. Lena Melling FD417



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes



		



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Official Number 144161


Yard Number 415


Launched May 01 1919


Gross Tonnage290


Net Tonnage127


Length125.5 ft


Breadth23.5 ft


Draught12.7 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull


Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1919


OwnerMelling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    May 01 1919
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.415)("Castle" class)  for  The Admiralty as the JOSHUA ARABIN .


October 09 1919Completed as a fishing vessel.


1919
Sold to the Montrose Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Charles F. Paton, Glasgow, manager).


December 26 1919
Registered at Montrose (ME67).


1920Renamed RIVER FORTH (ME67).


1922Manager became W. C. Simpson.


1922Sold to Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Melling, manager).


October 30 1922Montrose registry closed.


November 01 1922Registered at Fleetwood (FD417).


November 18 1922Renamed LENA MELLING (FD417).


January 13 1925Assisted Liverpool steamer AQUILLA (450grt/1907) in Ramsey Bay flooded and without steam.  Towed to safety.


1931Sold to Farrows Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.


December 17 1931Fleetwood registry closed.


January 18 1932Renamed DE LA POLE (H395).


August 23 1932Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, managers). 


November 12 1935Sold to Harry E. Rees, Milford Haven.  Registered at Milford (M195).


September 01 1939Sold to Henrikson & Co Ltd, Hull.


November 10 1939Registered at Hull (H234).


May 28 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for anti submarine duties (P.No. 4.129). 


June 1941Converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.558).


February 13 1944Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.


December 19 1945Returned and re-classed at Liverpool.  Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).


June 1956Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).


November 1956Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (Boston Group).


1957Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward, Sheffield for demolition.


May 02 1957Arrived Castle Pill,  Milford Haven.


November 16 1957Milford registry closed.