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Official Number 124700


Yard Number195


LaunchedJanuary 18 1908


Gross Tonnage232


Net Tonnage89


Length126 ft


Breadth22.1 ft


Draught10.1 ft


Engine68 hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow


BuiltDundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1908


OwnerW. H. Sutcliffe & Others, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




January 18 1908Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.195) for W. H. Sutcliffe & Others, Fleetwood as VERA GRACE.


February 1908Completed.


March 09 1908Registered at Fleetwood (FD211).
 


1908Sold to Rockliffe Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.


1910Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.


August 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.135).


1919Returned (James A. Robertson, manager).


1926Delete manager.


February 19 1935At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Oliver W. Watson was fined £20 on each of two charges of illegal trawling off the Welsh coast.


February 27 1941 Sold to Thornton Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers) for £3500.


1942Sold to H. B. Ingram, Fleetwood.


April 24 1946Fishing in North Sea, rescued one crew member of trawler EARL OF ESSEX (GY48) which foundered having hauled a mine in her trawl which subsequently exploded; ten crew lost.


1954Sold for demolition.