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S.T. Arley FD44


 		



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Official Number 136892


Yard Number 582


Launched June 10 1914


Gross Tonnage304


Net Tonnage 122


Length130.4 ft


Breadth24 ft


Draught 13.4 ft


69 rhp engineSmith's Dock
Co Ltd, Middlesborough


Speed10 knots


Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1914


OwnerWyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood 







		

    History
	



		

    June 10 1914
 Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.582) for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, managers) as ARLEY. 


July 18 1914
Registered at Fleetwood (FD44).


July 1914Completed.


October 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.591).


1919Returned.


March 07 1921In thick fog in the Western Approaches, approx 80 miles off Lands End, SWAN (FD116) was run down by Seattle registered steamer EDGEMONT (6865grt/1919) struck amidships and foundered. Six men lost and five picked up by ARLEY and returned to Fleetwood.


August 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.620). 


194?Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).	


February 03 1945 Mined in the North Sea and foundered when under tow (Sk. W. Limb DSC RNR).