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S.D. Helping Hand LT1239


		



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Official Number145776


Launched1921


Gross Tonnage58


Net Tonnage45


Length70.9 ft


Breadth18.8 ft


Draught9 ft


Built atG & T. Smith, Rye, 1921


Engine135 hp, 4-cyl Allen diesel engine


OwnerFleetwood Drifters Ltd, Paignton







		

    History
	




January 1921Launched by G & T. Smith, Rye for James Breach & L. R. Tripp.


1928Sold to W. H. Podd Ltd.


1933Transferred to Diesel Trawlers Ltd and fitted with a 135 hp, 4-cyl Allen diesel engine.


1945Sold to A & E Dexter, Brixham.


1946Sold to Fleetwood Drifters Ltd, Paignton.


1953Sold to R. H. Trawlers Ltd, London. Managed by Robert 
F. Butcher, 36 Gunton Drive, Lowestoft.


1958Owned by Henry Batchelor, Wern Heulog Farm, Llanrhidian, Glamorgan.


1961Sold to Swansea Motor and Marine Engineering Ltd, Swansea.


1968Sold to Daniel Mainwaring & Others, Swansea.


1970Hull beached near Milford Haven.