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S.T. Normanby FD31





  
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    Technical
	

	




Admiralty Number3521


Official Number143903


Yard Number700


LaunchedJune 19 1917


Gross Tonnage275


Net Tonnage112


Length125.5 ft


Breadth23.4 ft


Draught12.8 ft


Engine 87 hp T.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle


BuiltSmith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesborough, 1917


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston







		

    History
	




June 19 1917Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.700) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM SPENCER.


July 25 1917Completed.


January 24 1921Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO498).


November 1924Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston.


November 14 1924London registry closed.


November 21 1924Renamed NORMANBY (FD31).


September 19 1935Sailed Fleetwood for Azores on charter to try and locate yacht ALTAIR, overdue on passage Azores - Plymouth in August.


1936Sold to Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh (William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow, manager).


January 31 1936Fleetwood registry closed.


February 1936Renamed ASTROS (GN31).


December 18 1939Damaged by German aircraft 115 miles E by N of May Island.


December 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No.Z.130).  Based at Portsmouth (Fraser & White Ltd, Portsmouth, agents).


1946Returned.


1947Sold to Joseph Croan, Newhaven, Edinburgh.  Registered at Granton (GN31).


1960Sold to BISCO (£2800) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Charlestown, Fife for demolition (Contract No.62E).


March 25 1960Delivered Charlestown from Granton under own power.


May 26 1960Demolition commenced.


Note(William Spencer, Yeoman of the Powder Room (prest),  age 28, b.  Newcastle - VICTORY (SB392))