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M.V. Thrifty FD201



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Technical
Official Number 149228
Gross Tonnage145
Length99 ft
Breadth20 ft
Draught10 ft
Engine1 x 3 cyl AKD
Built atGodreeders, Leiderdorp, 1916
OwnerAlvis Trawlers Ltd
History
1916 Built as drifter/trawler BALTIC (IJM255).
1919 Sold to Belgian owners and renamed FERNANDO.
1928Sold to Dutch owners and renamed LIMBURGIA.
1929Sold to S Allerton, R Read, & Frederick Spashett.
1939Transferred to Kittiwake Ltd.
December 1939Requisitioned by RN as M/S.
1940Based at Portland for sweeping in the Channel. Took part in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk during May-June.
April 1945Ownership transferred to Kittiwake Ltd.
April 1946Returned to owners.
1955Steam engine replaced by diesel.
1960Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood and registered as FD 201.
March 1967Sold to skipper Bert Andrews and renamed CATHERINE SHAUN.
1968Transferred to ownership of WFA and offered for sale.
1971Sold as scrap.