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ST Lord Gainford FD74



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes






 	  	  

 	  	  	
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Admiralty number3563


Official Number146537


Yard Number823


LaunchedSeptember 04 1917


Gross Tonnage324


Net Tonnage131


Length138.5 ft


Breadth23.7 ft


Draught12.8 ft


EngineT.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester


BuiltCochrane & Sons Ltd, 
Selby, 1918


OwnerRobson Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




September 04 1917Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.823) (Mersey class) for The Admiralty as CHRISTOPHER DIXON.


January 14 1918 Completed.


March 07 1921Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO544).


February 1923Sold to Commissioners of Public Works in Saorstat Eireann,  Dublin, Irish Free State.


February 28 1923London registry closed.


1924Sold to Pickering & Haldane's Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.  Renamed Lord Gainford  (H73).


1930Sold to Robson Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Robson Preston, manager).


March 26 1930Registered at Fleetwood (FD74).


March 01 1934Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £3900.


December 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No. Z.111).


December 23 1943Sold to The Admiralty.


August 08 1946Sold to J. P. Holmen, Freetown, Sierra Leone.


1955Sold for demolition.


Note(Christopher Dixon, Quartermaster (prest),  age 29, b. South Shields, Co. Durham - VICTORY (SB398))