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S.T. Lady Stanley FD125


		



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Admiralty Number 3714


Official Number 143865


Yard Number 305


Launched October 02 1917


Gross Tonnage276


Net Tonnage107


Length125.3 ft


Breadth23.4 ft


Draught12.6 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields


BuiltJ. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields, 1917


OwnerSaint Andrew's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull








 History







October 02 1917
Launched by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.305) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE CLARKE.


December 20 1917Completed.


May 15 1919Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).


October 11 1919Returned to The Admiralty.


August 24 1920Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO412).


1923Sold to Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (W. R. Nowell, manager).


November 26 1923London registry closed.


December 03 1923Renamed TRANIO.


December 03 1923Registered at Hull (H885).


Pre 1930Managers became Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull.


January 13 1933Stranded off the Humber; attended by Humber lifeboat CITY OF BRADFORD.  Refloated.


1934New boiler (made 1920)


February 10 1936Sold to Harry E. Rees, Milford Haven.


February 11 1936Hull registry closed.


February 13 1936Registered at Milford (M196).


February 28 1936Sold to Harry E. Rees & Bernard L. Koppehagen, Roehampton (Harry E. Rees, manager).


March 04 1938Stranded on rocks off Aran Islands, Co. Galway.  Declared a total loss and abandoned to the Underwriters.


May 13 1938Milford registry closed.


October 1938Refloated by islanders.


November 1938Sold to Saint Andrew's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, manager).


November 12 1938Arrived Fleetwood under tow.


November 14 1938Slipped for repair.


January 04 1939Renamed LADY STANLEY (FD125).


November 10 1939When in transit in Pentland Firth in darkness ran ashore at Swilke Point, Stroma.  Badly pounded but slipped off rocks and taken in tow by WIGMORE (GY469) and after checks proceeded in company for the Humber.  Repaired at Hull.


June 12 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.4.233).


May 1941Converted for minesweeping duties.


September 1945Returned.


1945Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John Charles Llewellin, manager). Fishing from Hull under Saint Andrew's Steam Fishing Co Ltd, trip management.


January 01 1946Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.


1948Sold to Stephen Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John N. Stephen, manager).  Registered at Aberdeen (A543)


Post 1956 Pre 1959Sold to Seafield Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.


1960Sold to BISCO (£3174) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for demolition at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.91E).


December 03 1960Delivered Charlestown from Aberdeen under own power.


April 16 1962Demolition commenced.


Note(George Clarke (aka George Seddin, George Seddons, George Rodney Clarke), OS, age 24, b. Stockport, Cheshire - VICTORY (SB893))