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S.T. Frobisher LO15

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The Fleetwood Trawler Frobisher


		
Technical
Official Number162202
Yard Number555
LaunchedSeptember 24 1930
RegisteredOctober 28 1930
Gross Tonnage 397
Length133.7 ft
Breadth25.1 ft
Draught14.1 ft
Engine104 NHP T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd. Hull
Speed10.7 knots
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1930
OwnerShort Blue Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood
History
September 24 1930 Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.555) for Oddsson & Co Ltd, Hull as K'OPANES (H502).
October 28 1930Completed.
October 03 1933Sold to W. B. Willey & Sons Ltd, Hull. Renamed Grampian (H502).
January 18 1939Sold to East Riding Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
1939Lengthened to1 58.7 ft 409g 164n (Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough)
August 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.546).
January 01 1940Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, managers).
1944Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull.
February 1946Reclassed at Glasgow.
March 05 1946Returned. Renamed CAPE PEMBROKE (H502).
December 11 1946Sold to The Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Renamed FROBISHER (H502).
December 03 1948Sold to Short Blue Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Robert S. Hewett, manager). Registered at London (LO15).
1957Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for demolition.
October 24 1957Sailed Fleetwood for Ghent.