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S.T. Ben Dearg FD286


		



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Picture courtesy of David Slinger. Ben Dearg arrives in Australia



	


 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

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Official Number 144518


Yard Number 420


Admiralty Number FY. 4404


Launched July 18 1919


Registered June 04 1920


Gross Tonnage 290


Length125.5 ft


Breadth23.6 ft


86 nhp engine byAmos & Smith


Speed10.5 knots


Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1919


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd







		

    History
	




July 18 1919Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.420) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS ALEXANDER.


April 23 1920Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO351).


June 04 1920Completed.


1921Sold to R&eacure;my & Huret, Boulogne.


August 09 1921London registry closed.


August 1921Renamed ETOILE POLAIRE II.


1930Sold to F. Parkes, Fleetwood.


February 21 1930Renamed DAILY EXPRESS (FD68).


November 13 1933Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.


November 24 1933Fleetwood registry closed.


November 25 1933Registered at Hull (H523).


December 22 1933Renamed TURCOMAN (H523).


September 21 1936Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.


September 30 1936Hull registry closed.


October 01 1936Registered at Aberdeen (A416).


October 23 1936Renamed BEN DEARG (A416).


August 29 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.690).


March 06 1942 or January 15 1942Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £8900 or £8625.


May 1946Re-classed at Port Glasgow.


June 06 1946Returned.


1948Aberdeen registry closed.


1948Registered at Fleetwood (FD286).


194?In gale force conditions with poor visibility, stranded on rocks off Green Island, Sound of Mull.  Attended by mail boat LOCHINVAR (216grt/1908) but crew remained on board and nine hours later refloated under own power.


July 01 1949Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd and Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA (Ian L. C. McNicol, manager) for £15000.


July 16 1949Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA.


September 16 1949Arrived Fremantle, WA. To fish out of Albany.


1958Sold to Royal Australian Navy and sunk after use as a target.


Note(Thomas Alexander, OS,  age 36, b. Roscommon, Co. Roscommon - ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB279))