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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 181282


Yard Number 683


Launched July 29 1941


Gross Tonnage510


Net Tonnage160


Length167.7 ft


Breadth28.1 ft


Draught14.1 ft


Engine970 NHP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


Speed11 knots


BuiltCook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1940


OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	




November 20 1940
Ordered.


April 01 1941
Laid down.


July 29 1941
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.683) ("Hill" class) for  The Admiralty as HMS BUTSER (P.No.T219).


January 16 1942Completed.


April 10 1946Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer, managers).  Renamed BALTHAZAR (H359).


November 1946Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.


January 11 1952Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Associated Fisheries Ltd) (Albert W. Butt, manager).  Renamed ROYAL MARINE (GY213).



January 1952Hull registration closed.



January 1952Registered at Grimsby (GY213).



February 1952Renamed ROYAL MARINE (GY213).



May 07 1952Arrived Harstad, northern Norway having been arrested for alleged fishing inside territorial waters (Sk. Charles Major).



May 14 1952At court in Harstad, fined £8175, which included confiscation of catch, gear, ship value and legal costs, for allegedly fishing in Norwegian waters.


February 10 1954At appeal disagreement between judge and jury.


April 11 1960Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager).



April 1960Grimsby registration closed.



April 1960Registered at Fleetwood (FD63).



July 25 1963Abandoned by crew south of Mull of Galloway after fire broke out in boiler room.  Taken in tow by WYRE CONQUEROR (FD187) and returned to Fleetwood but damaged beyond economical repair.  Laid up.


September 1963Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for demolition.


October 22 1963Left Fleetwood under tow for Troon for breaking.