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S.T. Pern H983


		



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Admiralty Number3821


Official Number143887


Yard Number157


LaunchedJune 1918


Gross Tonnage203


Net Tonnage88


Length115.4 ft


Breadth22.2 ft


Draught12.1 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith


Built byHawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith, 1918


OwnerDinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




June 1918Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.157)("Strath")class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS HENRIX.


August 13 1918Completed.


June 02 1919Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).


August 06 1919Returned to Admiralty.


August 24 1920Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO449).


December 1921Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).


December 02 1921London registry closed.


February 1922Renamed CREVETTE (GY1334).


September 1927Owners restyled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D Marsden, Bt, manager).


October 1934Sold to J. Mackie (United Fish Selling Co), Aberdeen.  Registered at Aberdeen (A160).


1935Sold to J. Mackie, Aberdeen.


November 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.4.435).


1942Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.


March 1944Converted to a smoke making trawler and assigned to Operation Neptune - Normandy landings.


June 09 1944Arrived Mulberry A  from Yarmouth with Group A1.  Employed smoke making.


July 03 1944Operation Neptune ended.


October 1944Returned.


1946Sold to The Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Dugdall & Son, managers).  Renamed PERN (A160).


March 06 1950Sold to The Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Dugdall & Son, managers).  Renamed PERN (A160).


1955Sold to Bruges Scheepsloperij,  Belgium for demolition at Bruges.


Note(Thomas Henrix, Private, Marine,  age 31, b. Canterbury, Kent - VICTORY(ML44))