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S.T.Lilamar FD128


		



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Admiralty Number 4216


Official Number 136086


Yard Number 201


Launched February 14 1919


Gross Tonnage276


Net Tonnage107


Length125.4 ft


Breadth23.4 ft


Draught12.6 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle


Built byC. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields, 1919


OwnerDinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    February 14 1919
Launched by C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields (Yd.No.201) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD GALLAGHAN.


August 1919Completed as a fishing vessel.


1919
Sold to C. W. Robinson, Middlesbrough.


1920Renamed EBOR DOWNS (MH54).


1920Sold to Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool.


1928Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).  Renamed CARDIFF CASTLE (SA90).


August 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.512).


1945Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (David Marr, manager).  Registered at Fleetwood (FD128).


January 1946Returned after survey and restoration at Londonderry.


1946Renamed LILAMAR (FD128).


February 12 1958Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for demolition.


Note(Poss. Jeremiah Callaghan, Landsman (prest), age 21, b.Cork, Co.Cork - ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB893))