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S.T. The Roman FD151


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The Roman


		
Technical
Official Number128749
Yard Number414
LaunchedSeptember 15 1909
Gross Tonnage224
Net Tonnage77
Length120.3 ft
Breadth21.6 ft
Draught11.6 ft
Engine57 HP T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
BuiltSmith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields, 1909
OwnerSaxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
History
September 15 1909 Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.414) for Neale Bros, Penarth as THE ROMAN.
October 1909Completed. Registered at Milford (M35).
1910Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff.
December 15 1910Milford registry closed.
December 1910Registered at Cardiff (CF29).
November 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.195).
1919Returned.
1919 Sold to Saxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
April 28 1919 Registered at Fleetwood (FD151)
July 19 1919Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD151).
1924Managers became New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd.
Post 1930Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
January 14 1932Arrested by the fishery cruiser MINNA in the Minch.
January 15 1932Sk. Jeffrey Wright pleaded guilty at Stornoway Sherrif Court to illegal trawling inside the three mile limit and was fined £100 with the alternative of 60 days imprisonment. The nets and gear were forfeited and he was fined a further £25 for failing to exhibit the regulation lights when engaged in fishing.
December 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties.
July 1940Converted for minesweeping duties (magnetic) (P.No.FY.1530).
1944Converted as a fuelling trawler (Esso)(33ton tank for refuelling diesel landing craft) (P.No.Y7.5).
June 1944Operation Neptune-Normandy Landings. Assigned as a fuelling trawler to Force U.
August 1945Returned.
1950Sold for demolition.