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S.T. Dorothy Lambert FD122


 		
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Dorothy Lambert


		
Technical
Official Number 145723
Yard Number 776
Launched January 18 1923
Gross Tonnage299
Net Tonnage114
Length130.3 ft
Breadth24 ft
Draught12.9 ft
EngineT.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1923
OwnerSaxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
History
January 18 1923 Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.776) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as OYAMA.
March 1923Completed. Registered at Cardiff (CF10).
1930Sold to Saxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
November 12 1930Registered at Fleetwood (FD122).
December 13 1930Renamed DOROTHY LAMBERT (FD122).
Pre 1935Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
February 1940 Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.558).
1944 Converted for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune - Normandy landings.
May 23 1944 Attached to the 15th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
July 03 1944Operation Neptune ended.
February 1946Returned after restoration and survey at Fleetwood .
October 1954Stranded off west coast of Scotland for 6 hours but refloated (Sk. Arthur Peak).
March 30 1955At MoT formal inquiry at Fleetwood the court found Sk. Arthur Peak had failed to make sure a competent officer was in charge of the bridge during a potentially dangerous passage through enclosed water. Sk. Peak had been cautioned three times since 1946 for stranding ships; his ticket was suspended for twelve months.
June 1956Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
1956Sold to Belgium for demolition.