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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 132091


Yard Number 474


Admiralty Number 768


Gross Tonnage286


Net Tonnage112


Length125 ft


Breadth23.5 ft


Draught12.3 ft


Engine91 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull


Built byCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1910


OwnerMount Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




September 07 1910Launched for Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Messrs Moody & Kelly, managers) as ALBERIA.


November 1910Registered at Grimsby (GY588).


November 11 1910Completed


1913Fishing from Fleetwood.


December 1914Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.768).


1919Returned (Sir George E. J. Moody, manager).



May 1934Sold to Mount Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (W. M. Kelly, manager).


August 1934Sold to Alberic Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (C. H. Friswell, manager).


October 10 1934Renamed ALBERIC (GY588).


April 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. NR).


1940R. Neave became manager.



May 03 1941Sunk in an accidental collision with destroyer HMS ST. ALBANS (P.No. I.15 in Pentland Firth (T/Lt R. M. Johnson RNVR); all crew lost.